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Ducloutrier, Bill Lehane, Vanessa Michy, Pascale REGIS ST LOUIS
Suc, Jean-Paul Grimaud, Kate Morgan, Melissa I’m particularly grateful to the tourism officials,
Buttelli, and friendly tourist offices along the Tarn. innkeepers, booksellers, baristas, priests,
And Normal Matt, who drove from London to Vichy hitchhikers and assorted other locals who shared
in a beat-up Toyota just to cheer me on.
tips and advice along the way. Special thanks to
CATHERINE LE NEVEZ Penny, Thierry and Olivier in Honfleur; Marion
and Hans at Florivalier; and the mysterious but
Un grand merci to my Paris co-writers Chris and kind-hearted vegan galette maker in Foix. Lastly,
Nicola. Merci mille fois to Julian, and everyone in gros bisous to my partner in crime, Cassandra, and
and around Paris and in Languedoc-Roussillon who daughters Magdalena and Genevieve.
offered insights and inspiration. In particular, merci
beaucoup to Laurent for going above and beyond, NICOLA WILLIAMS

and to Laurence for the same. Huge thanks also Un grand merci to the many who aided and abetted
to Helen Elfer, Kate Morgan and everyone at LP. in tracking down the very best, including in Nantes,
A heartfelt merci encore to my parents, brother, Katia Forte, @Rachelwill and rapidly rising chef
belle-sœur and neveu for sustaining my lifelong love Dominic Quirke at neobistro Pickles; Pascale Chaillot
of Paris and France.
in Cognac; and in Bordeaux, wine expert Jane
HUGH MCNAUGHTAN Anson, Kirsty Curtis (Musée du Vin et du Négoce)
and Sophie Gaillard (Bordeaux Tourisme). At home,
Thanks to Helen Elfer and to my ever-understanding sweet thanks to belle mère Christa Luefkens and my
family. highly experienced trilingual ‘family travel’ research
DANIEL ROBINSON team, Niko, Mischa and Kaya.
Special thanks to (from north to south): Anny
Monet (Lille), Virginie Debret (Lens’ 14-18 museum), ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Rodney and Philippe (Arras), Carole Lefebvre
and Corinne Vasseur (Parc du Marquenterre Bird Climate map data adapted from Peel MC, Finlayson
Sanctuary), Thapedi Masanabo (South African BL & McMahon TA (2007) ‘Updated World Map
National Memorial), Lauren Tookey (Amiens and of the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification’,
UK) and Madame Thion (Cercil, Orléans). This Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 1633 44.
project would not have been possible without the Front cover photographs: (top) Carcassonne,
support, enthusiasm and forbearance of my wife, Languedoc, Nadia Isakova/AWL ©; (right) Lavender
Rachel, and our sons, Yair and Sasson (Orléans, field, Provence, Danita Delimont Stock/AWL ©;
Tours and New London, Connecticut). (left) Citroen 2CV, Zoonar/Dieter Möbus/Alamy ©
Back cover photograph: Mont St-Michel, Normandy,
Susanne Kremer/4Corners ©

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