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Christian Drouin tells you everything about Calvados in his book, Le Livre Des Calvados, and tells you where to enjoy a real Café-Calva in Paris!

Have you bought the book? Did you know that one of the Calvados headmasters, Christian Drouin was both of course...

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This time, we taste different spirits of (French) Cognac

Cognac is a renowned spirit, throughout the world for centuries, as a wine brandy produced in the French region of...

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When Art meets Hotels in Paris, the example of CitizenM

On a former insurer building, at a few steps away from Gare de Lyon, you will have the surprise to...

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Christian Drouin tells you everything about Calvados in his book, Le Livre Des Calvados, and tells you where to enjoy a real Café-Calva in Paris!

This time, we taste different spirits of (French) Cognac

When Art meets Hotels in Paris, the example of CitizenM

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Explore another facet of Nice, with its Cuisine Nissarde label, Le Negresco Hotel and its historical museums!

Enter the history of Montpellier with the Hotel Richer De Belleval, nearby the Château de Flaugergues and the Presqu’Île de Maguelone

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