The French Countryside

Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2010

With romantic hillside villages and beautiful scenery, the French countryside offers a taste of the good life. Best explored at a leisurely pace, Provence captivates vacationers with sun-filled lavender fields, elegant cities, and renowned cuisine made with the freshest ingredients. Stay at luxury France hotels and admire 18th-century architecture or sample fine wines at famous wineries.

Most Popular Things to Do in the French Countryside

• Visit the wineries of Chateau Bel Air or Chateau Franc Mayne
• Explore the catacombs at the foot of St. Emilion
• Tour to Place de la Comedie and the Grand Theater
• Enjoy artwork by Matisse and Renoir at The Musee des Beaux Arts
• Take in sites such as St. Andre Cathedral and the Basilique St. Michel

In The Footsteps Of Captain Cook

Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Kennebunkport Maine

Posted on Sunday, January 10, 2010

Kennebunkport is a charming coastal village located 45 minutes south of Portland where you'll view stunning Federal and Victorian-style mansions that were built by wealthy sea Captains and merchants in the 1700s and 1800s. Enjoy viewing Walker's Point, the Bush estate and former Summer White House (where world leaders often visited), as well as Maine's beautiful rocky coast. Stretch your legs at the center of town at Dock Square complete with art galleries, antique shops, restaurants and up-scale stores.

Bar Harbor Maine

Posted on Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Maine is the largest state in New England.

All five other New England states could fit within the boundaries of this state. Maine joined the Union in 1820. Residents of this dramatic state, with its rugged coastal lands and immense pin forests, have included painter Andrew Wyeth and writers Edna St. Vincent Millay and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Many tours and cruises include a stop in Bar Harbor, Maine. 

Discover the historic community of Bar Harbor with its beauty, charm and unique character. Nestled between the mountains of Acadia National Park and the Atlantic Ocean on Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor has attracted visitors, naturalists and scientists for decades

The town is small and easy to walk the main road full of local shops and restaurants. Well worth a tour, is a trip up to Cadillac Mountain. You will see spectacular coastal, mountain and forest scenery. You can hike, canoe or just talk a walk in the park. For those that have been to Bar Harbor before, consider whale watching.

Norman Rockwell Museum

Posted on Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Many fall foliage tours take you to the Norman Rockwell Museum. Located in the beautiful Berkshire mountains in Massachusetts, where Norman Rockwell spent the last 25 years of his life, the Museum was founded in 1969. His brilliant career spanned more than 60 years, leaving behind a legacy of images throughout the 20th century.  The museum preserves, studies and communicates with a worldwide audience the life, art and spirit of Norman Rockwell in the field of illustration.