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Lyon: Vieux Lyon, the Bouchons and a Hill of Roman Ruins
@craig·23 Apr 2026·7 min read·👁 15
📍 Lyon, France
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Long-form travel writing from the BugBitten community.
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Alsace: Strasbourg, Colmar and the Half-Timbered Villages of the Wine Route
Four days in Alsace — Strasbourg’s Petite France quarter, the painted half-timbered streets of Colmar, the Wine Route villages, and the warming food of the borderlands.
@craig·23 Apr 2026·7 min read·👁 11
📍 Alsace, France
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Champagne: Reims, the Cathedral and a Day Underground in the Cellars
Two days in Champagne — Reims and its Gothic cathedral, the great houses (Veuve Clicquot, Taittinger, Pommery) in their underground cellars, and the vineyard drive to Épernay.
@craig·23 Apr 2026·7 min read·👁 9
📍 Reims, France
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Bordeaux and Saint-Émilion: Three Days in France’s Greatest Wine Country
Three days in Bordeaux — the city itself (lovelier than its reputation), and a day trip out to the medieval wine village of Saint-Émilion. Cellars, châteaux and a long lunch.
@craig·23 Apr 2026·7 min read·👁 7
📍 Bordeaux, France
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Normandy: Mont Saint-Michel, the D-Day Beaches and the Cliffs of Étretat
A five-day Normandy itinerary — Mont Saint-Michel at sunrise, the D-Day beaches and American cemetery, the white chalk cliffs at Étretat, and the slow cider country in between.
@craig·23 Apr 2026·8 min read·👁 21
📍 Normandy, France
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The Loire Valley: A Châteaux Road Trip Through France’s Garden
Four days in the Loire Valley — the great royal châteaux at Chambord and Chenonceau, the smaller hidden ones, and the cycle paths along the river that connect them all.
@craig·23 Apr 2026·7 min read·👁 13
📍 Loire Valley, France
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The French Riviera: Nice, Èze, Villefranche and the Côte d’Azur
Five days on the French Riviera — Nice as the base, the medieval cliff village of Èze, the impossibly photogenic Villefranche-sur-Mer, and the millionaire bays of the Côte d’Azur.
@craig·23 Apr 2026·7 min read·👁 10
📍 Nice, France
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Paris in Five Days: Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and a Long Lunch in Montmartre
Five days in Paris — the Eiffel Tower at dawn, a slow morning at Notre Dame, the Louvre done properly, dinner in the Marais, and the Montmartre afternoon you’ll keep telling people about.
@craig·23 Apr 2026·8 min read·👁 7
📍 Paris, France
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Kakadu: Six Quiet Days in Australia’s Top End
Kakadu is bigger than Belgium, older than art, and empty in the way that reshapes your sense of scale. Six days of waterfalls, ranger-led walks, wildlife and the Top End.
@craig·22 Apr 2026·8 min read·👁 21
📍 Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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Travel Journal: Crossing the Tasman on a Cargo Ship
Kylie's first-person account of a cargo-ship crossing from Melbourne to Napier on the CMA CGM container ship CC La Tour. Five days, three meals, one captain who loved New Zealand, and the long red bloom of pohutukawas at the other end.
@craig·7 Dec 2010·10 min read·👁 29
📍 Tasman Sea
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