“In France we have a saying, ‘Joie de vivre’, which actually doesn't exist in the English language. It means looking at your life as som...

“I drink Champagne when I win, to celebrate… and I drink Champagne when I lose, to console myself.” - Napoleon Bonaparte Welcome to the Trav...

“Peace is not a gift from God to man, but a gift from man to himself.” - Elie Wiesel Welcome to the Travel Tuesday meme! Join me every Tuesd...

“There is a painful joke that Europeans often tell of their Gallic neighbours: God created France, the most beautiful country in the world w...

“An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.” - Friedrich Nietzsche Welcome to the Travel Tuesday meme! Join me every Tuesday and showc...

“It is true, as Sartre once wrote, referring to French Army atrocities in Algeria, that the real tragedy in our time is that any of us can b...

“The world is not threatened by evil people, but by those who allow evil to take place.” - Albert Einstein Welcome to the Travel Tuesday mem...

"It is important to remember that the Pacific Ocean covers a quarter of the world's surface and that each Pacific country has its o...

"Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it."  - Vincent Van Gogh Welcome to t...

"I ought to be jealous of the tower. She is more famous than I am." - Gustave Eiffel The Eiffel Tower (French: tour Eiffel ) is a...

“Sometimes I think that the one thing I love most about being an adult is the right to buy candy whenever and wherever I want.” - Ryan Gosli...

“Water makes me feel at peace. In Corsica, I spend most of my time on the beaches or in the rivers. That's one reason I love it there so...

“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” ...

“I believe in Spinoza's God, Who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God Who concerns Himself with the fate and...

"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island." -  Walt Disney Welcome to the Travel Tuesd...

“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” - Dwight D. Eisenh...

“Germany has solemnly recognised and guaranteed France her frontiers as determined after the Saar plebiscite ... We thereby finally renounce...