• LE CHOU DE BRUXELLES (02/27/2011)
  
• L’ARTICHAUT (02/26/2011)
  
  J'ai un cœur d'artichaut. Une feuille pour tout le monde ! Did you know that just one artichoke has 60 calories, 0 grams of fat, 13 grams of carbohydrates (including 7 grams of fiber) and 4 grams of protein. It’s a great source of vitamin C, potassium,...
• LES PREMIERS SIGNES DU PRINTEMPS (02/24/2011)
  
  Spring is almost here and the daffodils know it.
• L'ABBAYE, UNE CITÉ IDEALE (02/15/2011)
  
  (Aquarelle : composition libre de François Callu, inspirée de l’architecture de différentes abbayes normandes.) 1 – La porterie (Gatekeeper’s Lodge) 2 – L’église abbatiale (Abbey Church) 3 – Le cloître (Cloisters) 4 – Le jardin du cloître et le puits...
• VACANCES AVEC MON FRÈRE, JOURS 6 ET 7 (02/09/2011)
  
  The next day I drove my brother to the Calvados Department where the temperatures were almost freezing! The strong winds did not make things any better and so we had to bundle up like Eskimo babies just to keep warm. Our first stop was Arromanches-les-Bains,...
• VACANCES AVEC MON FRÈRE, JOURS 4 ET 5 (02/07/2011)
  
  My brother and I arrived by train at the Gare de Cherbourg in the evening. After breakfast the next day, I thought we would be able to see many sights but I underestimated the amount of time it would take driving from place to place. Still, I think he...
• VACANCES AVEC MON FRÈRE, JOUR 3 (02/06/2011)
  
  Getting to Château de Versailles is not difficult but you MUST know which RER train to take. Since we were staying at the Hôtel de Reims, we took Metro line 14 to Bibliothèque-François Mitterrand and then took RER commuter train C5 directly to Versailles-Rive...
• VACANCES AVEC MON FRÈRE, JOUR 2 (02/03/2011)
  
  After a good night’s sleep, we woke early the next morning and went downstairs to breakfast in the hotel. Perhaps I was over ambitious but we took on the trip to the Cathedral Basilica of Saint-Denis, a place of pilgrimage and the burial place of French...
• VACANCES AVEC MON FRÈRE, JOUR 1 (02/02/2011)
  
  Paris is so much nicer when you visit with a family member ! Last week, my brother visited me from the United States and I took him to see some of my favorite places in and around Île de la Cité. Of course, a three-day vacation in Paris is difficult to...