On high

 

The highest point in Paris La Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre overlooks the city below.

 

New wine

  

- AOC Beaujolais-Villages -

 Today as every year this year's Beaujolais Nouveau takes a bow, which will explain the happy groupings outside (and inside) wine bars, cafés and even wine shops and some restaurants. These are young wines made from Gamay grapes, consumed almost immediately after their vendange. Best way to discover where: Take a pre-dinner evening stroll in almost any Paris arrondissement.

Santé!

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Cat nap

 A cemetery cat on a family gravesite.

A place in the sun

Taking advantage of the sunshine on a late November afternoon.

 

Cheese tease

A café cheeseboard of five classic French cheeses with toasts, butter and, to assure un bon transit, a simple mixed salad.

 

Mellow cello

 Barefoot at a private recital.

 

Travel Tuesday

 

Looking back:

From incredible Puglia, Italy, "The Heel of the Boot." 

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