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Les 5 Sens

Posted on September 9, 2012 by natashatbaker | 1 Comments

Featured Writer: natashatbaker I wish to pay an ode to one of my favorite restaurants – and to dear friends who afforded me the opportunity to experience this gastronomic heaven-on-earth. Les 5 Sens (the five senses) is located in a small town in central France, Malemort, near where I worked as an English teacher. The restaurant is amptly named; every aspect…

Bikes, Canals, and Sunshine: Cycling the Canal du Midi

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Margaret | 0 Comments

Featured writer: Margaret Foley While traveling, it’s often the places you hadn’t planned on going that become favorites. The Canal du Midi, a series of waterways linking Toulouse to the Mediterranean, was one of those places. We had a two-night gap in our itinerary between leaving London and arriving on the doorstep of our friends in Barcelona, and we thought we would…

Is the Past Just a Carriage Ride Away?

Posted on August 6, 2012 by thetravelingpear | 1 Comments

Featured writer: The Traveling Pear If you had the opportunity to travel back in time would you? What century would you chose? As a student of history, I’ve learned, contemplated, observed and fascinated over various periods of human history. Everything from the ancient Greeks to Napoleon and more recently—the early 19th century world wars. If there’s one piece of human history that…

Paris: City of Loaves

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Foundtravel | 5 Comments

Featured writer: Elloise Bennett No matter how often one visits Paris, there is always something special to discover. Something that grants this city it’s recurring spot in the top destinations of the world. My Dutch friend, Janne, and I decided sort of on the last minute to travel. We had been chatting about a summer trip for a while and…

Take It All Off – Nothing But Travel for 2012

Posted on July 3, 2012 by rachaelruddick | 4 Comments

Featured writer: Rachael Ruddick Taking a year off from work and traveling around the world has always been on my ‘to do’ list and finally last year my husband and I, after losing an auction on a house that we weren’t entirely sure we really wanted and probably couldn’t afford anyway, decided it was now or never. A year of…

Stepped out of Reality – My Day in Disneyland Paris

Posted on March 5, 2012 by cityoftheweek | 0 Comments

Featured Writer: Adri Takacs I can still feel the rush that went through every portion of my body when we entered this man-made wonderland. I can honestly say that once you go through that doorway, the whole world is forgotten. I can’t believe it’s been 5 years since I still remember it as if it was yesterday. It was the…

Paris: A One Day Stand

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Lesley | 0 Comments

~Featured Writer: Alex Suazo~ In case you don’t know—Geneva is nestled in the bottom left hand corner of Switzerland, bordering NW Italy, and SE France- about 3 hrs from Paris. So you know what that meant… the Frenchies of my life (mom & sis) –made it almost mandatory that I stop over to Paris before leaving. I can’t honestly attest…