Jun 28, 2014
The Canal du Midi is a wonderful UNESCO World Heritage Site and Europe's best engineering achievements of the 1700s. This long-awaited canal was designed to open up the landlocked area of Toulouse to commerce and make it possible to go between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean without...
Jun 21, 2014
On today's show, we'll be talking about the Louvre Museum in
Paris and give you tips on how to organize your visit. The Louvre
is the museum that gets
the most visitors in the world. It's also the second biggest museum
in the world. One could spend a few months looking at everything
and still not see it all.
It's so big...
Jun 14, 2014
Albi city guide. Albi is a UNESCO World Heritage site, the home of world-famous artist Toulouse-Lautrec, and of a wonderful newly renovated museum dedicated to his work. Albi is also the place where you can visit the Cathedral Sainte Cécile, said to be the biggest brick building in the...
Jun 7, 2014
The Join Us in France Travel Podcast
On today's show we explore the history and culture of cheese in France. We discuss types of cheese and how they're distributed by region. French people are crazy about cheese and Anglos are often overly cautious about cheese. We're here to tell you to live a little! Try some scary...
Jun 5, 2014
In this special episode on D-Day History and the Normandy Invasion, Annie and Elyse remember the events of D-Day seventy years ago and the bravery of people involved. Elyse puts the whole tragic day into context: events leading up to it and a few critical details of what happened on...