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France Benelux 2000 - 2007 | 
 enlarge | Category: TV Series Video On Demand
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Media: Video On Demand
ASIN: B0016BSJ2I
Year: 2000
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| Synopsis:
Experience France and Benelux with Rick Steves, best-selling travel author and host of public television's Rick Steves' Europe and public radio's Travel with Rick Steves. After marveling at masterpieces in the Louvre and strolling the Champs-Elysees, we explore a delightful Parisian neighborhood. We meet a pipe organist, drop by a butcher shop, design our own perfume, and cruise the Seine. We pack in the best of Paris as we scale the Eiffel Tower and marvel at Monet, Manet and company in the stunning Orsay Gallery. Tracing the sad steps of Marie Antoinette, we relive French history from its bloody revolution to its extravagant belle epoch. After exploring the half-timbered charm of Rouen, we reflect on Monet's lily ponds, peek in on local artisans, and set up an easel at Honfleur's harbor. We venture into composer Eric Satie's eccentric world and feast on the finest of Normandy cuisine. After pondering sacrifice and celebrating freedom on the D-Day beaches, we hike with pilgrims to the enchanted island abbey of Mont St. Michel. In Provence, known for its soft light and fierce wind, we climb Roman ruins in Nimes, explore a papal palace in Avignon, and savor vivid views immortalized by van Gogh in Arles. Crossing acres of lavender and wispy vineyards, we explore the C#xF4;tes du Rhone, lonely villages of the Luberon, and the wonders of the South of France. Stretching from burly Marseilles and the delicate cliffs of Cassis to the border of Italy ? we visit the chic French Riviera. I... |
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