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Bastia Corsica France

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A Vagabond Life
Bastia Corsica - A Journey Through Bastia Corsica An island in the med Corsica is one of the French regions. Having been ruled by Italy for centuries and then conquered by the French in 1769 I found it to be a little bit French, and little bit Italian and very much Corsican. Guarded by a huge marble statue of Napoleon Bastia has a lovely main square - place St-Nicolas - facing the sea with grand ...
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Burgundy France

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Burgundy
Burgundy France Feeling the need to escape the tourist invasion in Sarlat we decided to spend a few days in a national park in Burgundy - Parc naturel régional du Morvan - on our way to the Paris airport We ended staying in the apartment of a French guy, Kada, in an 16th C French Chateau that had been converted into apartments and set smack bang in the middle of the park so very remote. Gorgeous...
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Uzes, Avignon & Pont du Gard France

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Uzes, Avignon & Pont du Gard France - We were up early and away from Millau after a breakfast. The route took on to a high plateau and then down into some beautiful and isolated valleys at the head of the Hearalt River and the land of sheep cheese including the famous blue Roquefort. The drive was stunning and very mountainous.   We stopped in Uzes for lunch - as it was a Saturday ...
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Millau France

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Millau France Millau: At last the day arrived for us to head toward Nice and our flight to Thailand and then onto Australia. We were completing the first leg of our journey through southern France and into Italy with good friends Jen and Rob.  We left Sarlat at about 2pm heading for Millau and it’s famous bridge. The bridge known as the Millau Viaduct spans the Tarn gorge and is an engineer...
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France

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France Perpignan  France - Salvador Dali once declared that the train station at Perpignan was the centre of the universe. As i stood in front of Gare de Pepignan I did have to wonder just what he was taking on the day he made this declaration as it seemed like a very normal French train station to me. Perpignan was just a pit stop for us to collect our hire car before heading off. We stayed in ...
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