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View Larger MapSan Sebastian is located in the Basque part of Spain on the Atlantic Coast across the border from Biarritz. It is Donostia in Basque and San Sebastian in Spanish and is officially known as Donostia-SanSebastian. It is a large city of about 200,000 people and 400,000 including the nearby suburbs. It is just [...]

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Biarritz, France is located in the South Western part of France on the Atlantic Coast. It is located in the Pyrenees Atlantique department. Biarritz is also located in the Basque region so there were many signs and symbols in Basque. Basque, unlike Catalan, bears no resemblance to either Spanish or French as a [...]

I have been looking for ways to promote France Tales more. One way I’ve found is through blog carnivals. Blog carnivals are a collection of links to blog posts on different blogs in a blog post organized around a theme. European Travel, European Cities, European Tips are the categories I have targeted. I have submitted [...]

Here are some nice air travel tips. This video discusses exact seats to request on different airlines in order to get the best seat. Watch this video before booking your next flight. Anyone have recommendations of their own?

Everything is falling into place. We have plane tickets to leave on Friday evening, September 28th at 6:55PM. It’s finally happening, unlike sleep, which is why I am typing this at 4:18 AM. We fly on our Air France.
A funny thing happened to us on the way to sell our car. We got a buyer [...]

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