About This Book
For those with a hankering for France, there can be no better recompense than an engaging read about a country that at once baffles and fascinates, engages and sequesters, props and flaunts. Fine food and wine a given, unique adventures materialize no matter the location, the day, the gathering. These true tales take you to a tiny Norman hotel where guests are entertained by a disgruntle singing parrot, to orchards bursting with cherries under the Midi sun, to school-day recalls of renting rooms from France's once ubiquitous old maids. Fine dining experiences take place wedged onto heat-soaked Parisian sidewalks, atop artsy Montmartre hills, and tucked away inside timber-laden Alpine hostelries. Pungent cheeses spill over plates, inverted service gives way to detailed recipes, initial icy regards mature to friendships. Shopping alone becomes an adventure when coupled with the unknown and happenstance. Treat yourself to this little book and its slice of France, until you can no longer suppress the urge to once again pack bags and go.
