French Gardens

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Unsmiling French Gardens

Foreigners in France – and that includes expats – display a surprisingly wide range of opinions about their host country. For every Francophobe who detests everything the country stands for, there is a Francophile for whom France can do no wrong, and there are, of course, hundreds of different shades of opinion in between.

There is only one subject on which all of these people can agree, and that is the French style of formal gardening –

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Our Best One-Day Hiking Trip in the Palatinate Forest

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Easy Hiker never pretends to have all the answers. For example, one question that I still have not been able to settle after all these years on the road is this: What’s the better hiking holiday – a continuous trail that you follow from town to town or a series of one-day hikes?

One-day hikes certainly have advantages: for one, you can put your heavy stuff away and hike with a daypack of necessities, essentially

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Planning A Hiking Holiday

Guest Post Planning a Hiking Holiday in Europe

If you are looking for a holiday with a difference, why not consider easy hiking around Europe?

It can be very exciting getting out there and exploring places off the beaten track. It would be the perfect vacation for those who have an adventurous spirit. And you get to be in the great outdoors.

Go ahead and look at the hiking holidays available out there. It’s the perfect

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