Cet article est consacré à mon ami Luc-Emmanuel, qui m’a convaincu de reprendre ce travail et qui m’a posé la question à la base de cette réflexion. Is there some place in the world (other than your actual home) that feels like home to you? Someplace that is instantly comfortable – a relative’s house, a specific beach, some small town or a sprawling city — where you can imagine spending significant chunks of the time remaining to you on this planet? Since I started this blog nine years ago, people have regularly asked me “What is it about France that draws you in so deeply?” To be honest, my wife often asks me that, and she lived there with […]
Month: November 2025
Visit the Chateau de Biron – a stone giant in the Dordogne
The Château de Biron, in the Dordogne region of France, has something for everyone: it’s associated with historical figures who played a role in some of the “grands moments” of French history, it has ties to the pervasive wars that wracked the country during the Middle Ages, and today it preserves a cluster of buildings that are like a “living library” of medieval architectural styles. At times, when you’re driving through the “deep heart of France”, you may get the impression there’s an old castle (or the ruins of one) on almost every hill. The French Ministry of Culture maintains an official database listing 10,000 to 12,000 of these officially recognized as historic monuments; the people promoting tourism put […]
