De captivants à banals, les articles et photographies de “The Baguette” sont une tentative de publier un journal de ma vie dans la Manche et de proposer un forum de discussion pour tout ce qui touche à la Normandie.
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St-Jean-de-Luz, the most Basque of the towns lying north of the Spanish border, offers many wonderful attractions including its picturesque fishing port, sandy beaches, the church of St-Jean-Baptiste, Maison Louis XIV and the imposing Maison de l'Infante...
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Biarritz lies on the border of the Basque Country and is the most fashionable and most frequented seaside resort in southwest France. At the beginning of the 19th century, Biarritz was but a small, whale-fishing harbor. The people of Bayonne, when they...
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It’s been quite awhile since my last posting but I thought I would finally get around to posting the photos I took in weeks prior to walking the Camino de Santiago. Before my start in St-Jean-Pied-de-Port, I visited several places along the Atlantic coast...
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Perhaps the best way to eat chestnuts is to eat them fresh out of the oven. Roasting them over an open fire just doesn’t seem to be as easy as it sounds. The first thing one needs to do is to preheat the oven to 180°C (350° F). Use a sharp paring knife...
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After another beautiful day at sea, we reached our final destination, Venice, Italy where we stayed for three days at a bed and breakfast along the Grand Canal near Rialto Bridge. Venice was truly stunning ! I was amazed at how much I was able to see...
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Another beautiful day at sea before arrival in the fortified city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. Dubrovnik, Croatia Dubrovnik, Croatia
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After another beautiful day at sea, we arrived in the capital city of Malta, La Valletta. La Valletta, Malta
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