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Tag Archives: French heritage
Canal du Midi 🇬🇧🇫🇷
Before the TGV, before the motorway, before even the steam engine, one obsessed Frenchman carved a 241-kilometre waterway through the south of France using nothing but a battered compass, 15,000 workers, and his entire family fortune. The Canal du Midi … Continue reading
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Tagged * Canal du Midi, 17th century engineering, Boat trips, Canal travel, Carcassonne, Countryside, Cycling routes, French heritage, Nature, Occitanie, Pierre-Paul Riquet, Relaxation, Scenic routes, Sète, Slow travel, South of France, Toulouse, Travel photography, UNESCO World Heritage, Vineyards, Walking trails
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La Madeleine de Proust à 2 roues 🇫🇷🇬🇧
From 0.7 horsepower to 33 km/h downhill thrills — ride back to the sixties with me on a Solex!