Living in and visiting towns along La Charente 13th Century Roman church at Echillais

Living in and visiting towns along La Charente

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November 2nd 2013
I spent 5 weeks in a town called Rochefort, situated along the Charente River, to try and improve my limited knowledge of French and experience everyday life in the country. Spending about 2 months in France was one of the things I had thought about doing during this trip. Mainly, because I wanted to be forced into speaking the language. Before leaving on this trip, while I was in Chile I we ... read more

Europe » France » Poitou-Charentes » Rochefort

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