Auvergne; Rambles, no rumblings; Volcanic landscapes, towns from Romans, Middle Ages invite strolling and exploring.(TRAVEL)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: January 20, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Corinna Lothar, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France - From the top of the Puy-de-Dome, a 5,500-foot extinct volcano in the center of France, several smaller volcanoes circling it resemble bowls of velvety, bright green English pea soup.

In the millenniums since the last eruption of these volcanoes, layers of grass have covered the craters, along with trees and plants in several of them. Most are as smooth as soup bowls.

Writer George Sand described Auvergne as "one of the loveliest spots on earth .. a soil cut up with deep ravines, ...

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