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Originally Posted by Tremo
I also enjoy seeing the little villages and towns the riders pass through, makes me and the wife want to take a vacation in France. I've been to Paris twice, but never out in the countryside. I've seen the Alps from Austria, Germany and Switzerland, but not France. Such a nice looking area. I wanna go!
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By all means you should go! We've been to France 3 times for a couple of weeks at a time. We've spent about 1/3rd of that time in Paris and the rest of the time on the road.
We spent a week in Provience. My wife found a 400 year old farm house owned by a guy in NYC that was for rent and we used it as our base camp. It was in a tiny little town that was 1000 years old.
Then we spent a week in Normandy one year and traveled around to all the towns, battlefields and monuments.
In between all of these trips we've driven all around to dozens of little towns and they look just like the TdF. Plus, when we stay in Paris we rent apartments in non-touristy areas. To a certain extent we feel like "locals". Well, locals that can't speak the language better than a 3 yr old.
That's one of the reasons we watch so diligently when the tour is on. We love seeing the towns and castles, etc.
Paul Green
PS. We've had the good fortune to rent houses in Italy and do the same there. Highly recommended!