Word: teau
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...seem beneficial for the European Union (EU), such a strong euro is not in the region’s best interest. Just as high prices may lead a backpacker to choose to venture elsewhere this summer, airlines considering Airbus planes and bankers wondering about BMW coupes and Château Lafite Rothschild wines may think twice before purchasing. In fact, Airbus’s parent company European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company announced this week its flagship plane, the A380, will cost five million dollars more starting next month, for it has always been quoted in American currency. In short...
Trianon Palace & Spa Once the honeymoon destination of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Trianon Palace & Spa, located within a stone's throw of the Château de Versailles in France, has undergone an extensive face-lift. Visitors to the five-star hotel, built by René Sergent, the architect who designed the Plaza Athénée in Paris, can meander in the grand public spaces within or in the newly restored gardens. For mealtime, Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay has opened a restaurant in the hotel...
...region, directing the hungry and the curious to restaurants where they can experience all the tastes of the dish. "Cuisine is my religion," says Academy founder Jean-Claude Rodriguez. "Montagné wrote about cassoulet with love, and I try to cook that way." At Restaurant Château Saint-Martin in Carcassonne, Rodriguez faithfully recreates cassoulet à l'ancienne, with white beans from the village of Mazères, aged ham, pork rind, pig's foot and knuckle meat. And in season, Rodriguez adds (on request) the authentic Carcassonne touch: wild partridge in lieu of duck confit...
...keen sense of what ails the Kingdom of Belgium, the disarmingly picturesque town of Hoeilaart is the perfect destination. Located just a few miles south of Brussels, it has a multiturreted town hall resembling a fairy-tale château, and a rich history involving Roman armies, Augustinian monks and medieval dukes. Since late last month, it also has a new law that makes proficiency in Dutch, the official language of Belgium's Flemish region, a precondition for buying public land. That puts a hard new edge on the increasing alienation between the country's linguistic communities, but Mayor...
...hypermarket in downtown Libreville, a box of eggs from France costs $11, a small bunch of carrots $10, and a bottle of St. Emilion Château Ausone 1er Grand Cru Classé 1999 goes for $312. But it's a short drive from here to Mindwube I, the smoking mountains of garbage on the capital's eastern edge, where the hypermarkets throw out meat and vegetables that have passed their sell-by dates. Madeleine, a 60-year-old mother of 10, lives with several thousand others in the area around the dump. When the truck arrives...