Okay, let’s start with the pronunciation of the city of Troyes. One would, at first glance, think it was pronounced as we pronounce “Troy” in English; I mean, after all, there are only two lousy letters tacked on to the end, and everyone knows that in French, you don’t pronounce the ‘s’ at the end of a word, and the...
(Full post)This is our second visit to Langres - we visited here in 2010. We’ve found that when we told someone here that we were going to Langres, the universal response was “Why?” Langres has nothing of note to draw tourists. But readers of our 2010 blog may remember why.
(Full post)After our visit to Tanlay, we drove the short distance to the small village of Lézinnes, where Mary had reserved rooms at a gite - a French Bed-and-Breakfast. Our arrival was not without trial. First, Mary said the gite was at 4, rue de la Gare, so down rue de la Gare we drove and when we arrived at number...
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