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The exact location of the third corner isn’t obvious like the others. The westernmost point of France is l’île d’Ouessant, but we wanted to stick to the continent for the purposes of our hexagon. The westernmost point of continental France is Pointe de Corsen, which is considered the theoretical divider between the English Channel and [...]

We only spent a few days in Bretagne, and it rained most of the time; nevertheless, the entire coast is breathtaking and I look forward to returning for a longer stay. Île Rouzic © LKL In Perros-Guirrec, we took a boat ride around the Archipel des Sept-Îles nature preserve, during which we admired thousands of [...]

Our next stop was Saint Malo, just a little further west along the coast. Saint Malo © LKL We walked all over within and then on top of the walls of the fortified city, before sitting down on a stretch overlooking the vast beach for our picnic. Though we couldn’t see a guard station, every [...]

Mont Saint Michel © LKL Mont Saint Michel – what can I say? I visited it the first time when I was 15, and the second time this summer. When you’re driving there, the silhouette on the horizon is instantly recognizable. When you get there, it’s breathtaking. There’s just nothing like it, and no photo [...]

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Bayeux’s cathedral © LKL After our week in Chinon, we headed back north to continue our trip west along the coast. When I’d visited France for the first time in high school, our bus broke down on the way to Bayeux, and since then I’d always wondered about the Bayeux tapestry. Let me tell you [...]

Chinon © LKL Continuing our detour from the six corners of France, we drove to Sancerre, one of our favorite wine appellations, and then continued on to Chinon, where we’d rented a tiny gîte for the week. The weather wasn’t great, so we tended to stay in until nearly lunchtime, and then head out to [...]

In a departure from our hexagonal trip, we stayed in Paris for a week – the longest stretch we’ve been there since 1996 – in a large, sunny studio with a tiny kitchen and the smallest bathroom I’ve ever seen outside of a dollhouse. The 18th arrondissement was absolutely packed with tourists – who says [...]

Palais Bénédictine © LKL In Eu, we had our picnic in the field right in front of the château‘s garden. The drive along the coast was absolutely beautiful, and so was the town of Fécamp. We did a quick dégustation at the Palais Bénédictine, one of the odder buildings I’ve seen in a while. Honfleur [...]

Amiens’s cathedral © LKL We spent two days on a farm in Caours, enjoying the pool and just taking it easy, though we did manage to get over to Amiens to visit the stunning cathedral. It’s the tallest complete cathedral in France, with the greatest interior volume. Someone told me that two of Paris’s Notre [...]