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From 1609 to 1620, many of the Pilgrims who came to America lived in the Netherlands
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There's no better time to try this fruity red wine than today, the third Thursday in November, when the French celebrate the release of the new vintage
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This December the French town of Lens will be welcoming a new branch museum of the Louvre
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About a dozen Spanish streams support native runs of Atlantic salmon, but anglers are deeply divided about how to fish for them
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They had green mountains, trout streams and wildflowers; meadows and waterfalls, but Andorrans made their country the least charming in all of Europe
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Make a fuss in the road and someone will appear. Spit out some gibberish about “fromage a vendre,” and that should do it. You'll get your cheese
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Sauternes is a village near Bordeaux that would have been cow town if dumb luck, microclimatology and royal wineries had not showered the region in fortune
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We wondered if the cave's tenants peered down at the valley and if they wrapped all glassware in cloth to prevent reflective giveaways to the Nazis below
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The construction of a medieval fortress in France is answering important questions about 13th-century building techniques
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Forget Chicago deep-dish, Roman pizza bianca and Domino's. For the best, most authentic pizza, go to Napoli
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If it looks like a black truffle, and if it cost you $1,500 a pound like a black truffle---it may actually be a worthless Chinese truffle
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Ernest Hemingway popularized the cosmopolitan lifestyle of Paris, but he missed out every day he wasn't walking through the forested hills of Périgord
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The nation says au revoir to the franc and to "mademoiselle" and bonjourto a proposed new theme park—Napoleonland
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In an exclusive excerpt, read about the mysterious death of a young teenager that inspired a complicated web of European intrigue
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The future is looking brighter for the cliffside Italian villages ravaged by last fall's rains
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The Mysteries of the Dead Christ procession begins at Terra Murata on the island of Procida
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On the Italian island, marzipan figures—pears, plums, Paschal lambs—are a favorite holiday treat
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The personal memoir of history's most famous lover reveals a misunderstood intellectual who befriended the likes of Ben Franklin
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Founded after World War I, the City of Light's English-language library has long been a haven for expats, including Hemingway
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Give Paris its due, but the place has at least its share of unromantic features
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