Books

Not Too Early to Plan Travel to France

Not Too Early to Plan Travel to France

December is both an ending and a beginning.   The end of the year, yet our minds are moving ahead to the blank slate of the following year. L’année prochaine… As you end this calendar year, your thoughts might already be on the trips you want to take next year or...

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Your Essential Guide to the Loire Valley

Your Essential Guide to the Loire Valley

Just over an hour south of Paris, France, is a place you might encounter in your dreams, yet you can go there and experience it for yourself. It’s the Loire Valley, known as the garden of France, a peaceful paradise of rolling hills covered by vineyards, fairytale...

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For Your Next Trip

For Your Next Trip

Are you looking ahead to a trip to France in 2018? I hope that during the last year Oliver’s France has given you plenty of ideas for where to go and things to experience. There are probably enough fascinating places in France for a lifetime of vacations! Better get...

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Real French for Travelers  by K. B. Oliver

Real French for Travelers  by K. B. Oliver

When you want to travel, you may reach for a phrase book. Let’s be honest: How likely are you to roll out a French phrase when you need one, and pronounce it correctly? If you are understood, what will you do for the next sentence? It’s simply frustrating. Wouldn’t...

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