I don’t think there’s a region in France, that’s got more historical interest than Vendee. I would even say that what happened in Vendee changed Europe’s history.
1893. The French Revolution is changing the European landscape. Freedom, equal rights, brotherhood, is a motto that involves a deep reorganisation of laws and institutions. No more monarchs […]

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September, everybody’s back at work. At coffee break, colleagues ask me about my recent vacation. I said it was in France. “Where?” “Oh, somewhere… I guess in the South, but not quite, I’d say rather southish…” I am embarrassed, since my astonishing precision is rewarded by puzzled, ironical looks …Driving back home, I try […]

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