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Moulin Rouge, Paris France

More Than Crepes and Towers: 6 excursions to take near Paris, France

If it’s your first time visiting Paris, I envy you. If you’ve been many times, I envy you too. Ah, the city of Love. There’s none other like it. I could spend days roaming the museums, monuments, and streets of the 1st arrondissement. It’s so iconic, so beautiful you actually have to breathe deeply to steady yourself as you take it in. Paris is the kind of place you want to absorb into your being. Just having been there, you’re...

van Gogh graves in Auvers, France

What van Gogh saw: 5 Nights in France

I had five nights in France, and I went on a quest to follow in the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh and see what saw that inspired his paintings. I’ve long been intrigued by the troubled painter and I figure I may understand him better by seeing some of the places he lived and worked. Here’s what I found as I traveled through Paris, Arles, St. Remy, and Auvers to see the places that inspired van Gogh’s most revered art....

Bones in the Paris Catacombs

What It’s Like Exploring the Paris Catacombs Alone

Visiting the Paris France Catacombs is likely among the most morbid and scary tours you will ever go on. I had no idea what I was in for – especially because I did it alone – which I do not recommend. The Paris, France Catacombs are an ossuary created in the tunnels of former quarries in the late seventeen hundreds outside of Paris. Fun fact: An ossuary is a container or room to place the bones of dead people. This...

Sculpture of a nude female with her head thrown back and wings stands abover a series of colorful masoleums