A former geographer, I still enjoy wandering around the streets of a city. I'm interested in all the details which - to my mind - are essential to understanding a city: public transport connections, the reasons why certain busines…

As somebody who has always had a sweet tooth, I couldn’t resist rigolettes for long!Everything began when my parents, who were fond of Nantes berlingots (a local variety of boiled sweets), decided to equip my sisters and I with br…

Nantes is a green town, and I’m not talking about ecology here, even if many Nantes inhabitants have a concern for the environment, but rather the town’s parks and botanical gardens. Nantes has 100 public parks and the locals say…