Articles, tagged with "french countryside", page 1

So you are about to set off on the trip of a lifetime to one of the most-loved countries in the world -- France! You have been practicing your 'bonjours' and your 'mercis', and studying maps of Paris to work out how to get around, but there is one more th...

The everyday ventures of people often play a busy role that encourages susceptibility to worry in a demanding environment. When a private has the chance to vacation it opens the door to them freeing themselves from that stress and pressure. Taking day off...

The Comtoise clock style is just one of the two types of grandfather clocks. This French clock generally differs from the other type, because of its pot-belly case and the use of curves in the mainly straight lined grandfather clock designs. The Comtoi...

The Comtoise grandfather clocks, also known as the Morez or Morbier clocks, are pendulum, weight-driven clocks, that originated from the vicinity in Morbier, found in the Franche-Comt Comté region of France (Contée in the old spelling). These clocks we...