Montmartre Montmartre (18th Arrondissement) is known as the citadel of Paris. This quarter is the highest point in the city, standing at more than 300 feet high. The district was once home to a thriving artist community and was the quarter where Toulouse-Lautrec[1], Picasso[2], and Renoir mastered their brush. Today, Montmartre is no longer the […]
Boat Vire is the largest urban center in the southern Calvados of French Normandy, a region largely gorged in hedgerows and pastures and towered by the 1,200 feet Mont Pinçon. Vire sits on a spur of rock overlooking the river that gave the town its name. Close by, the river carves a deep ravine called […]
Condé-sur-Noireau is a busy town in the French province of Normandy that is very close to the town of Vire. Condé-sur-Noireau is located on the fringes of the Calvados and Orne regions. The town is perhaps most famous for being the birthplace of Cesar Dumont d’Urville (or Jules Dumont d’Urville). This passionate and dedicated seafarer […]