Come walk in the footsteps of the men, women, and children who lived, worked, and played in Nazi-occupied Paris. Your walks will take you to buildings, places, and sites that were significant to the Nazi, French Resistance, Free French, the British, and most importantly, the citizens of Paris. You will follow individual stories of bravery, horror, and treason, and visit sites unknown to most tourists--Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Oberbefehlshaber West bunkers), former brothels, former headquarte...

Let us take you on a visit to the Paris of the Middle Ages. Come walk in the footsteps of the men, women, and children who lived, worked, and played in medieval Paris. Stop and see the only three residences still existing from medieval Paris. Learn about the scandalous Nesle Affair. Many of the stops are sites that most tourists don’t know even exist.Begin your series of five walking tours on the Île de la Cité. Your stops will concentrate on the west side of the island—the origina...

Walk with us in the footsteps of the revolutionaries, nobles, royalty, and citizens of the French Revolution. In Volume Two, the Revolution has begun its dark descent culminating in the period called The Terror. Your first walk will take you along the exact route Marie Antoinette's cart took to the guillotine. Her one hour ride passed by Robespierre's apartment, the pharmacy where her alleged lover, Axel von Fersen, purchased the invisible ink to write her love letters, and Café de la Rége...

Begin your series of five walking tours on the Île de la Cité. Your stops will concentrate on the west side of the island-the original site of the medieval palace. You’ll visit the only remaining portions of the palace. Upstairs in the second level of the Sainte-Chapelle (the Holy Chapel) is the most spectacular display of stained glass windows.After finishing Walk Two, you will have visited one of the only three remaining Paris residences constructed in the Middle Ages. The remain...

Why would a man retire from his job and take off on a unique 4,000-mile walk around France? What possessed him to wear out his sixty-year-old hips and knees when he could spend a comfortable retirement at home? In this fascinating book Terry Cudbird reveals the obsession which is long distance walking--the intoxicating freedom to go where you want, the escape from the complications and paraphernalia of everyday life, the unpredictable encounters. His itinerary covered the six sides of the ...

At the age of 45 Miles Morland resigned from his highly paid job as head of the UK division of a major American bank and went for a walk with his wife in France. Neither of them was used to walking further than the distance between a restaurant and a waiting taxi. They walked from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 350 miles through the foothills of the Pyrenees, staying in small country inns and occasionally sleeping out along the way. The author describes the pleasures and agonies of the...

Explore the boulevards and bistros of the City of Light with fifty walking tours highlighting both major landmarks and lesser-known gems.Paris is a perfect city to explore à pied, and this ebook is designed for just that. On each page you'll find an illustrated map and, along with it, insider info on where to eat, drink, stop, and shop.With these fifty self-guided walking adventures you can explore historic sites, from the Arc de Triomphe to the Musé...