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International Fireworks Festival, Cannes, France

For six nights of fireworks at the Festival d'Art Pyrotechnique, or the International Fireworks Festival, visit Cannes, France. This is an amazing ...

The Dordogne Strawberry Festivals

Imagine a vacation destination in early spring and finding your fill of fabulous strawberries! There is literally something for the archaeologist i...

Bon Appétit! – Romantic dining in Paris

As one of the top romantic destinations in the world, as well as one of the best known countries for it’s culinary skills, when it comes to comb...

Eating out in France just got cheaper

French restaurants have been beleaugured by chains selling take away food and sandwiches for some time, as eating out became very expensive in France...

Perpignan, France

Perpignan is a small Catalan town near the border to Spain. With charming regional influences in architecture, cuisine, and stunning local weather, it...

10 most popular articles of 2008

Eyeflare travel advice and tips had a great 2008. We published quite a few travel articles in 2008 and had more visitors and commenters than ever. Her...

Secrets of the French Paradox

The phenomenon known as "French paradox" is the relatively low rate of heart disease and obesity in France as compared with other Western countries. D...

Local vs global - who's better to help plan your vacation?

While in Paris recently, I ran into a representative of Tahiti travel specialist easyTahiti.com and discussed travel agencies over a couple of drinks....

Scrumptious breakfasts on the Las Vegas Strip

Breakfast is more an afterthought than a destination in Las Vegas. Your options used to be café, buffet or Starbucks. While that may be acceptable to...

Great reads #19

The Great reads feature will be moving to a biweekly schedule from now on. So, every other Monday morning, I will guide you to some of the best travel...

Montreal

Montreal's charm lies in its old-world atmosphere rather than its star attractions. Nonetheless, this city of immigrants has managed to carve out a pl...

New York City

New York City, the city that never sleeps. A metropolitan world city for hundreds of years and one of the world’s most impressive destinations...

L'Express, french bistro in New York

This 24-hour french bistro is a staple of Manhattan nightlife and the last resort for many New York mid-town clubbers. French food at L'Express My w...

Just back from New York City

Lauri and I went to New York for a long weekend and are back home in London today. While in the Big Apple, we met up with some friends and found a fe...

Strykjarnet creperie och logi, Visby, Sweden

Visby's Strykjärnet is a small and simple creperie in the center of the old Swedish Hansa city. They serve very tasty crepes and galettes for r...

Paris trip 2003

Alex Leigh came to visit in me in London and then we took off to Paris, the City of Lights. We had fun doing all the touristy stuff and for the last...

Patisserie Valerie, Soho, London

Deservedly famous for fantastic, and diet-busting, cakes, Pâtisserie Valerie is a time travel machine to the 1950s. Formica tables, an old-fashioned ...


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A very pretty carousel in Canet-Plage on the French MediterraneanA row of political posters de-faced before the French election. Paris.


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