We headed back to Ferney Voltaire and spent some more time with our friends. We cannot wait to come back and visit them (live near them?) again. But for now, it is onto Stage 9 of Le Tour and a night in Torino, Italy before our vacation ...
Voltaire purchased (1758) an estate, Ferney (see Ferney-Voltaire), just over the French border, where he lived until shortly before his death. He conducted an extensive correspondence with most of the outstanding men and women of his ...