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Anecdotes from a French Spring

In Clay Doyle, Down There on a Press Trip, Travel Journal, Travels with Nonna on 14 June 2005 tagged Amboise, Belleville, Chablis, Château de la Verrerie, Chateaux, Chinon, churches, driving, Food, gay, Hostellerie des Clos, hotel Crystal, Loire, Orleans, Paris, Pavillon des Lys, Reims, Restaurant Jules Verne, Romanesque, Spring, Tours, Wine with no comments

“It would be easier,” I remark, “To have lunch with Jacques Chirac.” We are standing outside the Pilier Sud, at the entrance to private elevator to Restaurant Jules Verne. Our way is blocked by a pleasant but stern young man, clad in all black, with a radio headset. It is a near impossibility to make [...]

Loire Valley Travelogue

In Clay Doyle, Travel Journal on 25 June 1999 tagged Bourges, Chambord, Champagne, Chateaux, Chenonceau, Chinon, Food, France, Loire, Montresor, Reims, Sancerre with no comments

A detailed account of my first delightful journey through France’s Loire Valley, accompanied by Michael Logan and Rufus… Part One: From Reims to Berry Although it is an area we had been interested in exploring for some time, the Loire trip happened almost by accident. Michael Logan was planning one of his periodic visits to [...]