Travel to France

Centre Pompidou

Beaubourg only got better after its recent remodeling. It rivals and sometimes surpasses the collections of the Tate Modern in London and MoMA in New York. If you have any interest in modern art whatsoever, this is the place to go. The plexiglass escalator offers the best views of Paris on the way up. The bookstore is tops, and an outlet of Printemps offers a wide selection of chic little gifts to bring back to friends. The rooftop retaurant, called "Georges", offers spectaular views in a chic setting - pricey, but worth it.

Musee Rodin

If you consider yourself a Rodin Fan, you must  visit this place. The admission is reazonable (get the one-day museum pass, to get you free entrance to most museums in paris--if not all) and you get to see most of his famous works (and some of Camille Claudel's). The garden at the musee rodin is well kept and the house it's impecable, you will enjoy some of the sculputer's masterpieces: the thinker, the burghers of calais and gates of hell. Words cant make it justie, you will have to  experience it yourself. There's another rodin museum located outside Paris at meudon. Besides the museum it's also the place where rodin is buried along with his wife, ah, love beyond life.

Notre-Dame of Paris

Notre-Dame of Paris is an extraordinaire place at first sight, but the more you investigate the more amazed you will be. The light portals throughout the building and the great sprawling columns show impressive architectural insight. It will amaze you how every solitary piece of the construction is a hand carved stone, even the supports between the stained glass window panes. Truly expectacular! This is an excellent location for tacking pictures of your trip to Paris.

French Mardi Grass

While everyone is familiar with New Orleans' famous Mardi Gras parades and wild celebrations, there are more than a few Mardi Gras celebrations over the world. In fact, the New Orleans festivities have strong roots in French celebrations before the arrival of Lent.
Called "Carnaval" in France, there are Mardi Gras events here that predate New Orleans' festivities by centuries. Mardi Gras in France with roots dating back to the Middle Ages is the Limoux Carnaval. Lasting several weeks each year, the carnaval celebration is best known for its unique masks. This is also the home to France's true original sparkling wine, which predates Champagne.

Limoux

0 Most of the world credits the invention of sparkling wine to the Champagne region, and to Dom Perignon. The legend, and possible real story, is far more interesting. According to Limoux natives, it was really invented there when Blanquette was created in their backyard. Its existence is documented as far back as the 1500s. When the great dom passed through, he stole the idea, they allege.

No matter who is right, Limoux is a lovely small town with a big heart in the Languedoc. It is home to one of Europe's most popular Carnavals, a divine two-month-long ode to food, music and the French joie de vivre. The enchanting Aude River weaves through the small city.

Paris by boat

An original and unexpected view of Paris - the canal Saint Martin opens up perspectives of the old and relatively unknown city, A three hour cruise brings you the best of both worlds : the grandeur of the Seine, with the Tuileries Gardens, Notre Dame, the Louvre, the Ile St. Louis, together with the quiet intimacy of Napoleon's canals. Embarcation on the ``Canotier" or ``La Guêpe Buissonnière" under a softly lit Parisian morning sky, just below the Musée d'Orsay. Then a veritable parade of monuments the Louvre, the Institute of France, the royal Sainte Chapelle, the spires of Notre Dame, the Ile Saint Louis before arriving at the entrance to the canal Saint Martin. The most romantic street in Paris...the canal St Martin. It is also one of the longest : 3 miles of pure poetry. In its jade couloured water are reflected old swing bridges, halfmoon footbriges and the abundant foliage of horse -chestnut trees. Between the Place de la Bastille and la Villette in the north-east of Paris the Canal  reveals a side of the city that the tourist usually doesn't get to see. Adventure beckons at the approach of the first lock of the canal. The boat is then swallowed up by the underground vault of the Bastille : a mile and a half of cool mystery... underneath the Place de la Bastille, with a view of the foundations of the July Column. After the tunnel a dazzling world of locks, swing bridges, errant green-back ducks, with stoic fishermen and tender lovers scattered along the quaysides. Beyond a curtain of chestnut trees nestles the Hôtel du Nord, scene of the famous film starring Arletty and Louis Jouvet. The canal climbs its way through a series of nineteenth century locks and some enchanting old areas of Paris until, 26 metres above the Seine, it comes up to the Park de la Villette, where the Science Museum, the Geode, the Music Museum and thematic gardens await you.

Disney Paris

If you are going away this hollydays, you can go to Disney Paris, although I am not a great mickey mouse fan... it is a very pleacent place, they care a lot about the details and the rollercoaster didn't scare much ( ok, I am laying, I screamed like crazy!) but it's a fun way to spend this quality time with your family... obviously this is NOT Paris, just another american theme park but you can hear Mickey Mouse speak french :P .

Hot air balloons!

Every year, the Rassemblement de Montgolfières (gathering of hot air balloons) brings balloonists from all over the world to partake in a three-day ballooning celebration in Le Puy-en-Velay (in central France in Auvergne) during the Armistice holiday.

Le Puy en Velay, is a perfect venue with ideal conditions for ballooning and is world renowned for its picturesque volcanic rocks. The 40 or so balloonists gather for this non-competitive event but everyone is invited as spectators. You can watch the colorful puffy balloons while sipping local wines and sampling the yummy cheeses that makes France France.

Are you ready to move?

As you know, I always wanted to live in France, I exactly don't know why, but I know there is a lot of people like me outhere, romantic women that dreams with Paris,  or couples thinking of retire themselfs in the French Riviera... but I guess is not for everybody, as I was looking for some information and I came across this test... are you ready? well I am, and if you want to find out copy and paste http://gofrance.about.com/library/weekly/blrelocatequiz1.htm  and good luck :)

Discover Bordeaux

Bordeaux goes relatively unnoticed by tourists, but you are missing out on a thriving city filled with shops, amazing historic attractions and nestled in the heart of wine country.

This isn't merely a small village surrounded by vineyards, but in fact a hip and chic metropolitan destination that just so happens to be the world's wine capital to bad I am not old enough to taste it lol.

The city boasts vinotherapie (wine therapy) spas. It has a large and charming pedestrian zone.

This is quite possibly one of the most enticing cities in France, are you getting now why I love France so much? It has it all!

A youthful verve is present here, and there are numerous sidewalk cafés and bars. The food here is divine, pairing perfectly with the fabulous Bordeaux wines. Bordeaux is, quite simply, luscious, lively and lovely.