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The French Cycling Bicycle Gourmet - French Country Travel Life Film Maker and Author. Your non-snobby Gourmet Guide to food, wine travel and Lifestyle Adventure!

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French Country Life- In The Slow Lane

There is a place in France that marches to the beat of a different drummer. A way different drummer. A drummer with only one stick. The French call this place – “La France Profunde.” Deep France. France the way it used to be. In the good ole’ days. (you remember them, don’t you?)

17Jun2023 | | 34 comments | Continued
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The Birth(and Death) of Impressionism – Part Three

AUTHOR’S NOTE:  If you missed them – here are PARTS ONE and TWO Edgar Degas had never concerned himself with earning a living from his art because  he had family money and sold his works as it suited him. But all that changed in 1878 when his father died. After the estate was finally settled […]

13Jun2023 | | 16 comments | Continued
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The Birth(and Death) of Impressionism – Part Two

The Birth(and Death) of Impressionism – Part Two Author’s Note: If you missed Part One of the Impressionist story – IT’S HERE. Renoir had been inspired by Claude Monet since the day they first met in 1862.With this renewed motivation, Renoir seemed to push himself to take more chances, work harder and never give up. […]

12May2023 | | 0 comments | Continued