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IS THERE ANYTHING MORE ROMANTIC THAN LOSING YOURSELF IN NANTES?
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"Crebillonning" – how to say shopping in Nantes!
When people go window shopping in Nantes, they use the verb "crébillonner", coined after Rue Crébillon, the iconic sloping street brimming with shops. In Nantes, the expression "crébillonner" originally meant to stroll up and down…
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A stroll through the Jardin des Plantes in Nantes
Nantes boasts around a hundred parks, including the pretty Jardin des Plantes, an English-style garden in the city centre, across from the train station. It ranks among the top four botanical gardens in France, and has been award…
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Wine-making in Nantes
The Nantes wine-growing region isn't the most well-known in France, but it boasts some fabulous local wines from dedicated winemakers. Today I'm going to walk you through Nantes' vineyards, an area that is becoming increasingly re…