List/Grid Tag Archives: Daytrips Paris
Get out of Town: The Somme
The Somme department in the region of Picardy just two hours north of Paris, is not on the usual tourist circuit, but nevertheless has a ton of places ...
The War to End all Wars, The Great War, La Der des Ders*
This is 2018, one hundred years after the end of World War I (and 74 years after the end of WWII). I realized how little I knew about this war that changed ...
American WWI Museum opens for centennial
American WWI Museum opens for centennial
By Gary Lee Kraut
The museum, like the monument above it, is the work of the American Battle Monuments Commission. ...
Explore new territory on your bike, Forest of Senart
Here’s an idea to get out of town, hop on the train with your bike to get out of the city a little ways. Then peddle to another station to ride back ...
Get Out of Town to Houdan
Get Out of Town to Houdan
The Yvelines is a lovely department just to the west of Paris. I live there, so I’m biased, but it is hard not to like rolling ...
Get out of Town: Antwerp
There are hundreds of cities you could visit on a 2 hour flight from Paris that will give you a feeling of really getting away, but fewer are accessible ...
