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Saint-Emilion snapshots, part I
Saint-Emilion is a popular place because of its environment, history and produce. The communes of Saint-Emilion, there are 22 of them, extends over 238 sq km between Libourne and Castillon-la-Bataille, and bound to the south by the Dordogne river. The town is named after a monk named Emilion (duh) who came to settle in the 8th

Au Logis des Remparts, Saint-Émilion
Our first night of the 2017 Alps-to-Atlantic trip was spent in Saint-Emilion. This small medieval village is known for its status as a UNESCO World Heritage site and extremely well known for its red wine. Our hotel “Au Logis des Remparts” is located at the edge of the village center and was built using a

Le Pré, Clermont-Ferrand
Today is the day of the French presidential election. The future of Europe depends much on this result. Apt that we blog about France here aujourd’hui. We spent a week on the west coast of France over Easter. On our drive towards the Atlantic from the Alps, Clermont Ferrand is roughly the midpoint after Lyon.

Librerie Coop + Eataly, Bologna
In our bookstore tour of the world, we increasingly see the merger of bookselling with another retail concept – for example, the T-site in Daikanyama 代官山 in Tokyo and the Eslite Spectrum in Hong Kong – see our posts here and here. In Bologna, I (Chris) visited the Librerie Coop + Eataly Bologna – a






































