Since our stay in France is drawing to a close, we wanted to visit la Côte d’Azur once more especially now that the weather has warmed up. Last Wednesday we took off for the town of Port-Fréjus which, with Fréjus and the neighboring city of Saint-Raphaël, make up a middle-sized metropolitan area which is [...]
Time and the French Paradox
Since the early 1990s there has been a lot of talk about the so-called “French Paradox,” a term coined by scientist Serge Renaud in Bordeaux. What is paradoxical is that the average French person consumes much more butter, cheese, cream, and pork than an American, but that the incidence of [...]
In these times of la crise financière, I thought it might be fun to dream about how to enjoy France if money was no issue. So, here is my partial “wish list” that you are welcome to pick and choose from, as desired. First of all, for a place to stay, forget two- [...]
