Jun 26, 2022
Today, Annie Sargent brings you a conversation with Josh Taylor about visiting France on a student budget. You don’t need to be a student to learn from this episode because there are lots of us who enjoy a good deal if we know where to find it. And these days air travel is expensive, perhaps you can cut back on...
Jun 19, 2022
In this episode of the podcast, Elyse Rivin of Toulouse Guided Walks tells us about the birth of the bicycle and of the Tour de France. The first the Tour de France in 1903 started small but hasn't stopped growing ever since. Why do we love bicycles so much anyway? Most French people worked in agriculture then and it's...
Jun 12, 2022
Today, Annie Sargent brings you a conversation with Michel Ravitsky about Life on the Canal du Midi. Michel is French and a young retiree. He lives on his barge (péniche in French) part-time. Michel has taken some great trips on the Canal du Midi and other canals as he explains.
If you ever think about renting a boat...
Jun 5, 2022
The Jardin des Plantes in Paris is one of the most wonderful places to visit with kids of all ages. Translated literally, it mean botanical garden. But there is a lot more to it than your average botanical garden. The Jardin des Plantes is a major institution in Paris and encompasses the Gallery of Evolution,...