Yes, I used to live in France and be based at St Cyr l'Ecole near Versailles.
We used to sometimes do a "lap" of the Paris CTA and stop off a couple of places along the way, often just doing a T&G to get to know a place. Real safety benefit if you ask me, since you got to know well every surrounding airfield and a lot of fun.
Why don't the UK CAA say give some free CX vouchers to each PPL per year so they get out somewhere away from their base from time to time?
When you're operating close to CAS and when the viz/cloud comes down it makes it one helluva less drama and thought process to divert.