Oh thank goodness, we’re finally back on road – the heat has broken. It’s still in the early thirties, but that’s much better than it’s been. And besides, we have a secret weapon… mountains! Always […]

Oh thank goodness, we’re finally back on road – the heat has broken. It’s still in the early thirties, but that’s much better than it’s been. And besides, we have a secret weapon… mountains! Always […]
I don’t know if it’s made international news, but Europe is having the mother of heat waves. Apparently a large air mass, straight off the Sahara desert, pushed by a high pressure cell, has descended […]
Another day, another scorcher. But on the plus side, the morning light is excellent. It’s off to the lavender fields we go! They’re stunning in the morning light, so much better than I’d dared wish […]
There are very few things in this world that would see me willingly enter areas with temperatures threating to exceed 40 degrees. Seeing Provence’s lavender fields in flower is one of them. And it’s so […]
It’s time to farewell the lovely Lyon and resume our lavender quest. Our journey south takes us along the Rhone river and the vineyards of the Cote de Rhone, Provence bound. It’s clear this is […]
Of course we’re much better organised for our second day in Lyon. We zoom up the hill to the (we know where the) bus (stop is) and alight in Lyon to utterly glorious blue skies. […]
I blame Rick Stein you know. His “Long Weekends” program gave us a yen for cities yet unexplored. Having discovered Lyon last year and fallen in love with it, it’s too hard to resist its […]
If you ever wanted to truly feel that you’ve stepped back into the Middle Ages, then I have the perfect spot for you.
We’re back on the Les Plus Beaux Villages trail today with a visit to not one, but two pretty villages. Our journey to Lods takes us into the land of Comte – France’s famous semi-hard […]
It was always going to dawn on us, at some point in time, that as lovely as the Alsace Wine Route is, it’s not really furthering our aims to travel south, towards the lavender fields. […]