Join Us in France Travel Podcast · Annie Sargent

A Multi-Generational Christmas Adventure: France by Road and by Barge, Episode 566

·1 hr 4 min·5 clips
Heather's family spent Christmas Day lounging in a hotel spa built atop ancient Roman baths in Aix-en-Provence.
Heather Addison recounts her multi-generational family trip to France over Christmas, covering Paris and Provence with nine people. She shares practical tips for large-group travel, highlights like a barge cruise and Roman bath spa, and memorable experiences from quirky restaurants to a shocking opera.

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Slow French barge travel, with the useful details that actually shape the trip.

A barge trip in France gives the episode its shape, and the best part is how plainspoken it stays. Rather than dressing the journey up as some dream itinerary, it sticks to the practical stuff: how the transfer works, how far the boat actually goes, and what slow travel feels…

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