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SMA- Street Art

Just a few examples of the great street art in San Miguel de Allende. Check out Waylon Hedegaard Facebook posting for his street walk’s on Wednesdays and Saturdays  https://www.facebook.com/groups/168476293163518/user/100001910566400  

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TGV France

SOURCE: https://www.tripsavvy.com/tgv-train-route-map-france-1517930 TGV Nord from Paris Gare du Nord. Connects to the north of France, to Lille, and Eurostar to London, Lille, and Brussels. Paris to Lille – 59 minutes Paris to Dunkerque – 1 hour 37 minutes TGV Est from Paris Gare de l’Est. Connects to the east of France, one of the new regions…

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Retiring to France

How to Retire in France: Costs, Visas and More Ashley Chorpenning MAY 29, 2020  https://smartasset.com/financial-advisor/retire-in-france Do you dream of spending your retirement drinking Bordeaux and champagne in Paris? Perhaps you want to spend it in a beautiful seaside villa in Biarritz or the ski the Alpine slopes of Chamonix at the base of Mont…

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

It encompasses six departments in Southeastern France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Hautes-Alpes, Var and Vaucluse. It is bounded to the east by the France–Italy border, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and by the Principality of Monaco, to the north by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and to the west by Occitanie, with the Rhône marking its westernmost border. The region logotype displays the coat of arms created in the 1990s…

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Montpellier

Montpellier Since the 1990s, Montpellier has experienced one of the strongest economic and demographic growth in the country. Its urban area has experienced the highest population growth in France since the year 2000. Numbering 70,000, students comprise nearly one-fourth of its population, one of the highest such proportions in Europe.[4] Its living environment…

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Occatine Region

Occatanie Region The Conseil d’État approved Occitanie as the new name of the region on 28 September 2016, coming into effect on 30 September 2016.[4] The modern administrative region is named after the larger cultural and historical region of Occitania, which corresponds with the southern third of France. The region Occitanie as it…

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Spain