France

Enjoy Provencal cuisine

The Provencal cuisine offers many dishes. The ingredients from Provence are healthy, fresh and very tasty. Tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, eggplants and lots of garlic and olive oil are among them. Just like lamb, beef or fish directly from the farmer or fisherman.

Houseboat tips for beginners

We spent three days as beginners with the houseboat on the Mayenne. The Mayenne is a river in the Pays de la Loire not far from the border with Normandy and Brittany and flows into the Loire at Angers. It is one of the rivers in France that beginners can navigate without a boat license. What should you know beforehand?

How to prepare an absinthe drink

Absinthe is a drink with a story. It came into fashion in Switzerland at the end of the 19th century, but continued its success story almost immediately in France. It consists of herbs: including anise, fennel, lemon balm, hyssop and St. John's wort.

The best champagne cellars

Advertisement - Kilometers of underground passages certainly suggest a treasure. But it doesn't always have to be gold and precious stones. For true champagne lovers, the millions of champagne bottles that are stored in such aisles, protected from light and heat, are more precious than a jewel.