Too Square to be Hip
A narcissist's guide to travel and culture
Taking public transit in Normandy is no simple ordeal. The small minibuses run in loops from town to town but often drop travelers off at an intersection far outside the town center. To add insult to injury, pickup times are infrequent. It is no surprise to me that most people take cars to explore the …
Before William the Conqueror set his sights on England he revamped his holdings in Normandy. Rouen, the traditional capital of Normandy was supplanted by Caen, a formerly unimportant settlement in Calvados, as the home of the Dukes of Normandy. To accomplish this William built a massive castle, cementing the city’s place in the Norman landscape. …
Geography and Introduction The historic capital of Normandy straddles the meandering Seine river and is located south-east of Paris. The elegant river, not satisfied to simply empty itself into English Channel, then twists and turns forming large looped shaped bends before finally giving up and throwing itself into the channel near the French city of …
Ottawa-Montreal-Paris-Cairo… It knew it was going to be a long flight and with the 6hr layover in Paris, I pondered what to do with my time. I had just watched the Roman Polanski film “The Officer and the Spy” while on the plane and with this small glimpse of France I was eager to go …
