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A Place to Visit: Amboise

Amboise is the older sibling who does not have to try so hard.

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Lourmarin

Lourmarin doesn’t ask you to change who you are. It just suggests you slow down and dress accordingly.

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Alsace doesn’t decorate for Christmas. It inhabits it.

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Mirepoix doesn’t try to win you over. It just shows you what it’s been doing all along.

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Beaune is not flashy. It does not need to be. This is the town that quietly runs Burgundy while letting the vineyards take the credit.

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Cancale feels like the point where France loosens its grip and lets the ocean finish the sentence.

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Honfleur almost feels unfair. Like a painting that somehow escaped its frame.

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Carcassonne is one of those places that shouldn’t work as well as it does.

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Some places make wine taste better. This was one of them.

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Nancy does not announce itself. It just stands there, waiting for you to notice.

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Font-Romeu wasn’t about sights or strategy. It was about relief.