La Réunion: Culture and History of the Island

La Réunion: Culture and History of the Island

Even without visiting museums, as attentive visitors to the island, you can’t avoid encountering its colonial history. Our first encounter of this nature took place in St. Denis when we visited the natural history museum in the Jardin de L’Etat. In fact, it was the architecture of the neoclassical building that led us to the site. The museum is also

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Hiking on La Réunion

Hiking on La Réunion

The island of La Réunion is considered a French hiking paradise in the Indian Ocean, and for good reason. “Hike till you drop” could be the motto here. With three fascinating calderas and a coastline that surrounds the island, it leaves nothing to be desired. Furthermore, La Réunion boasts the highest mountain in the Indian Ocean, Piton des Neiges. In

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Cycling in the Alpes de Haute Provence

Cycling in the Alpes de Haute Provence

The plateau of Puimoisson and Valensole is not only a good hiking place it also good for cycling. However, due to the many differ, the differences in altitude you either need an e-bike or you should be in very good shape. I use my little black mountainbike, a lot of water and a good portion of power in my thighs.

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Pérouges: Welcome to the medieval times

The little town of “Pérouges”, 42 km away from Lyon, was completely rebuilt in the 20th century. This gem of medieval architecture protected by its city walls and situated on top of hill, can be best discovered in the course of its winding roads that are bordered by old houses. Producers often chose the typical scenery of Pérouges for historic

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MyTour-de-France

Despite stressful times due to the “production” of my master thesis I still found the time to spend some time in France – again. This time destination point was a small village close to Sisteron (a junction of “La-Tour-de-France) called Clamensane. You do not know it? Then maybe “La Motte du Caire”? It is in any way a real challenge

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