Category Archives: French Geography

Previous Location: Provence Google Map (in progress) See the Pinchon illustrated map of Languedoc. Chapter LXXIX – By boat, the boys pass the coast of Languedoc, learn about Nîmes in the département of Gard, pass Montpellier in the département of Hérault, and arrive in Cette/Sète, also in the département  of Hérault. Videos: Nîmes et la Provence enContinue reading “Le tour de la France par deux enfants, chs. LXXIX to LXXXIV – Languedoc”

Previous Location: The Dauphiné Google Map (in progress) See the Pinchon illustrated map for Provence. Chapter LXXIV – The boys pass Avignon on the train, then Arles, la Crau, and la Camargues before arriving in Marseille, where they discover that their uncle had left Marseille in hopes of bringing his brother, their father, out ofContinue reading “Le tour de la France par deux enfants, chs. LXXIV to LXXVIII – Provence”

Previous Location: Lyonnais Google Map (in progress) See the Pinchon illustrated map for Dauphiné. Chapter LXVII – The boys bid farewell to the merchant with whom they have been traveling and resume their journey on their own in Valence, in the département of Drôme in Dauphiné. Videos: Drôme, aux portes de la Provence from Échappées bellesContinue reading “Le tour de la France par deux enfants, chs. LXVII to LXXIII – Dauphiné”