I first visited France in 1974, when I went, optimistically, to climb Mont Blanc (but failed), and I’ve been returning to France ever since, and now reckon I know most of the country.
I gained an A level in French, and speak passable French (if you pass quickly). I write for Living France magazine on a regular basis, and have cause to visit the country repeatedly. My particular fondness is for Languedoc Roussillon, the Pyrenees and the Loire valley, but I’m happy to visit any part of France, and do.
Each year I revise Michelin Green Guides to France (English language versions), notably the Auvergne, the French Alps, the Chateaux of the Loire, Paris and Northern France, and Languedoc Roussillon.
During 2009...
...I visited the lovely city of Strasbourg, Haute Vienne and Corrèze in Limousin, and then went on to Vendée in Pays de la Loire. Later in the year, I managed to squeeze in a short visit to Minervois, to share in Les Grands Chemins.
During 2010...
...I will be travelling to Charente Maritime and Finistère in June, and then heading back to France in September to spend some time walking in the Pyrenees, before getting down to work, writing an update feature about Toulouse, and then travelling east to write about Hérault, Montpellier, Gard and Nimes.
There is beauty everywhere you look in France. Much of it is natural, but much, too, man-made.
Village detail, Tournemire, Cantal
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