The Expeditioner Travel Magazine » France http://www.theexpeditioner.com The Expeditioner is a travel magazine for the avid traveler. Thu, 16 May 2013 22:01:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 5 Reasons To Include Lyon On Your Next Trip To France http://www.theexpeditioner.com/destinations/europe/france/lyon/FiveReasonsToIncludeLyonOnYourNextTripToFrance/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/destinations/europe/france/lyon/FiveReasonsToIncludeLyonOnYourNextTripToFrance/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:36:34 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=18597 Maybe it’s because the lights of Paris burn so brightly, but travelers often forget there are other cities in France. I suspect smaller French cities get skipped over on the way to the countryside, where people seek life-affirming epiphanies in a quaint, Provençal setting or for suntans on the southern [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/destinations/europe/france/lyon/FiveReasonsToIncludeLyonOnYourNextTripToFrance/feed/ 0 When Paris Turns Into Saint Tropez http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/08/02/when-paris-turns-into-saint-tropez/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/08/02/when-paris-turns-into-saint-tropez/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:52:27 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=17243 The Paris-Plage (Paris Beaches) kicks off in Paris every year in late July, transforming riverside roads usually congested with cars into an urban oasis complete with sandy beaches, deckchairs, food vendors, outdoor concerts and Parisian woman eating ice cream in bikinis (see above). Your welcome. This year find the riverside [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/12/15/20-free-things-to-do-in-paris/feed/ 0 Paris’s de Gaulle Airport Named Worst In The World http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/11/15/pariss-de-gaulle-airport-named-worst-in-the-world/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/11/15/pariss-de-gaulle-airport-named-worst-in-the-world/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:39:35 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=13215 How can a city so revered for its aesthetic beauty and so dependent on tourism (Paris is the most visited city on Earth) have the worst airport it in the world? Perhaps it is for those very same reasons. An overabundance of attention spent on maintaining the city itself and [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/11/15/pariss-de-gaulle-airport-named-worst-in-the-world/feed/ 0 My Adventures At A Nudist Colony In France http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/10/31/my-adventures-at-a-nudist-colony-in-france/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/10/31/my-adventures-at-a-nudist-colony-in-france/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:55:32 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=12957 I arrive at the entrance to the nudist colony on a beautiful late-September afternoon. It’s in the mid-80 degrees Fahrenheit so I figure there will be plenty of (naked) people on the beach. I’m no enthusiast, but I’m here because I have to be. I just moved into an apartment [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/10/31/my-adventures-at-a-nudist-colony-in-france/feed/ 3 The Top 10 Most Visited Countries In The World [Infographic] http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/06/21/the-top-10-most-visited-countries-in-the-world-inforgraphic/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/06/21/the-top-10-most-visited-countries-in-the-world-inforgraphic/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:00:55 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=11698 According to the most recent statistics from the World Tourism Organization, the top 10 most visited countries in the world was unchanged in order from 2008, with France leading the way, welcoming 74.2 million international travelers in 2009, a decrease of 6.3% from the previous year. As can be seen [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/11/01/qa-a-taste-of-the-dordogne-with-author-kimberley-lovato/feed/ 3 Let Them Drink Sparkling Water! http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/09/24/let-them-drink-sparkling-water/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/09/24/let-them-drink-sparkling-water/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:00:07 +0000 Brit Weaver http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=8716 Today, I am in wonder of the world. In a good way. I saw an article in a newspaper at work. I had to sit down a minute and really think about what it was that shook me. The headline read: “Paris Introduces Sparkling Water Fountains.” I then found a [...]

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