I suspect about 99% of visitors to France spend zero time outside Paris and the other big cities (okay, Americans might visit Normandy) and so do not see one of France's secrets: outside those cities is a beautiful rural France. We love to see this side of France; come with us for a look.

Many people think the Chartres Cathedral is the most beautiful Gothic cathedral anywhere in the world. Who are we to argue? Come see it with us.

Continuing our pastime of finding reminders of the ancient past, we went into the Fontainbleau Forest with Jamie and Hervé to see some prehistoric engravings on rocks there. Pretty dang interesting, we thought.