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  • La Maison Blanche Fez, Buzz

    By Margaret Kemp

    Call it Fez or Fes, it's a great place to visit and only 2 hours 15 minutes from Orly Sud, Paris. Fez is the cultural and spiritual centre of Morocco and goes back to at least 790AD. It's the third largest city in Morocco after Casablanca and Rabat and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The largest of the two Medinas (walled cities within a city) is the world's largest car-free zone, but beware of the donkeys.

    Last Updated ( Saturday, 06 March 2010 )
  • A Coup de Foudre of Love and Voila - PARIS IN CHICAGO

    By Michele Kurlander

    Paris in Chicago restaurantJean-Claude Baldassari fell in love in Paris last year with a visiting Chicago finance expert named Jane. He fell so fast and so hard (a “coup de foudre” is what he told me yesterday, his eyes sparkling as he held up the wedding photo that is his response to “why did you move here from Paris?”) that he quit his job at a Marais pub and followed his Jane to Chicago. He just opened Paris in Chicago on north Halsted, a café-style restaurant where he personally serves warm croissants and espresso at 7:00 a.m.

    Last Updated ( Monday, 22 February 2010 )
  • Three Nights in Cozy Medieval Lucca, Italy

    By Jean and Peter Richards

    Fillipo Lippi painting in Lucca, Italy. Photo: Jean and Peter Richards.“You can’t get there from here,” is the punch line of an old joke about travelers in Maine. One of the pleasures of living in France is that you can get there from here and we do. Each year we explore new areas of Europe. If there ever were a place in Italy as cozy as a nest, it's the medieval town of Lucca.

    Last Updated ( Wednesday, 10 February 2010 )

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