With the mountains all around, Grenoble is known as "Capital of the Alps". Its history goes back 2000 years to when it was a small Gallic village. Later, in the…

Day trips out to new places are always multi-faceted adventures. Not only are we going to a place we have never been before, but simply the act of getting there…

Yes, the Dijon of mustard fame. We had spent the night in Beaune, and our plan was to take the train the short distance further for a brief visit to…

We seem to have gotten pretty good at train travel here in France. Not that we have figured it all out, but we’re working on it. For example, there are…

The Medieval village of Perouges had been on our list of must-see places near Lyon for a while. And as we began to do some more research, this weekend (19…

We were in need of a day-trip. So we closed our eyes and stuck a pin in the map. Well not really. Our excursions are pretty much dictated by the…