It's the perfect base to visit the Musée Granet, wander around Aix's markets and people-watch from cafes on the cours Mirabeau.
And an increase in I.E.D. attacks on convoys has made it harder for development workers to leave the base to visit field projects.
Take a train from Milan to Stresa, the main resort town on Lake Maggiore and an ideal base to visit the main attractions.
Sulaiman's American supervisor no longer lets him travel by car when he leaves his military base to visit his family.
The campsite, which has existed since the 1960s, doesn't just suit families, it is also popular with couples and groups of friends who come to walk, sea kayak, use it as a base to visit the other islands, or to hang out in a peaceful environment.
The local version is that Bergdahl left the base to visit with his Afghan National Police buddies, or maybe less dramatic as his kidnappers claimed he was nabbed outside the base mid-crap, his pants around his ankles.
On her next visit in 1907, the queen would use Dives-sur-Mer as a home base to visit the Calvados region, where she was photographed for the French press.
Woodstock is a good base camp to visit regional attractions, like Old Sturbridge Village, just 20 minutes away in Massachusetts.
On 25 August 2000, a patrol from 1 R IRISH left their base in Waterloo to visit Jordanian peacekeepers attached to the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) and based at Masiaka.
REDS 11, PIRATES 3 The rookie Billy Hamilton had three hits and stole two bases to lift visiting Cincinnati to a tie with Pittsburgh for the National League wild-card lead.
It was the base he used to visit as a youth to admire the Harriers.
