Join Us in France · Sunday, October 25, 2026
Jennifer Hanniman shares a cautionary tale about visiting Nancy over New Year's Eve, noting that the freezing wet cold and widespread holiday closures left the downtown area completely dead with almost all restaurants and markets shut down.
“I thought the city was beautiful. The Art Nouveau architecture, stunning. It was a very walkable city, and it looked like it would be a great place to go in the summer or spring or fall. But when we were there… Let me guess. I don't know what you're going to say. But I think you're going to say it was dead as a doorknob. Dead.”