Destination: Paris (and the Bronx)
Movie: Julie and Julia
Although everyone touts Julie and Julia as the ultimate foodie movie, it does pretty well as a travel movie, too.
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Destination: Europe and the Holy Land
Book: The Lute Player: A Novel of Richard the Lionhearted by Norah Lofts. (Original 1951, Reprint 2009)
Flaubert’s Madame Bovary can be a real turn-on for travelers.
Continue reading about Madame Bovary as a Travel Book– Sex Sells
France on Friday
Book: France, A Traveler’s Literary Companion, Edited by William Rodarmor and Anna Livia
Whereabouts Press serves a narrow niche of the traveling public–those who want to read literature written by the locals–in bite size form. To me, the books are similar to books like Art Guide to Italy–a 101 survey course meant to whet [...]
France on Friday
AN INTERVIEW WITH ALEXANDRA GRABBE
Alexandra Grabbe married a French man and moved to Paris as a young woman. She stayed in France with her husband and children until their divorce, and then lived there with her 2nd husband before returning to the United States to run Chez Sven, a green B & [...]
Destination: Normandy, France
Books: A Journey into Flaubert’s Normandy by Susannah Patton and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
A GUEST POST BY Dr. Jessie Voigts
Robert Louis Stevenson traveled in the wild country of the Cevennes in 1879. His book became a classic of travel literature and travelers can still follow his road trip.
Continue reading about Travels With (or Without) a Donkey in France
France on Friday
Destination: France in the 17th Century
Book: Mistress to the Sun by Sandra Gulland (Paperback released in May, 2009)
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