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JURA MOUNTAINS: LAND OF TRADITIONS      
​ I visited Burgundy-Franche-Comte in Eastern France to find out if their age-old traditions were still in existence.  What I discovered was amazing....    read more here

Aix - en - Provence
The Romans called the town ‘Aquae Sextius’, which evolved into ‘Aix’, after the thermal springs which continue to flow here - I visited a rather good market too .... read more here
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CHEESE, ABSINTHE  .... AND THE PRESIDENT  
A one-time military fortress that houses 100,000 wheels of cheese, the 'green fairy'  and a meeting with the President ......read all about it

Jules Verne House
Come with me and relive the adventures of Phileas Fogg, Passepartout and Captain Nemo..... read it here

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