You pass through the heavy doors of the Palais de Justice and step into what looks like an ordinary Gothic chapel. You climb a narrow spiral staircase, and at the top, you’re standing in a space where walls of stained glass rise 15 meters above you, flooding the room with red, blue, and gold light….
Have you ever dreamed of hosting Christmas somewhere in the rural French countryside? Could you imagine cooking your Christmas dinner in an old farmhouse kitchen with flagstone tiles that have been there for over two hundred years, the fire crackling in the wood burner, and gorgeous old wooden beams overhead? Sounds dreamy, right? And it…
Only in France would you see a parade of turkeys being herded down a street as part of a festival. The Licques Turkey Festival (Fête de la Dinde) celebrates turkeys. There is even a brotherhood of the turkey. It’s France at its absolute best, full of tradition, history, and celebration. The little town of Licques,…
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