A decided crispness to the air has settled in. Whilst the sun is still out regularly, it’s genuinely cold, with nights slipping into single digits more frequently than not. Autumn’s golden display continues, lending an […]
Author: Miss Baci Travels (But first, coffee)
For nine months of the year it's all work, work, work, but the pay off is three months in Europe each year. These are my stories.
2018 Day 106 – Lyon
As far as our travels through Lyon took us yesterday, there’s one place we didn’t quite make – its famous fine food market, Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse. Named for the revered chef, a […]
2018 Day 105 – Lyon
Tucked away in the south eastern corner of France with a reputation for culinary delights, Lyon has long eluded our French travels. It was just that bit too far off of our usual path and […]
2018 Day 104 – Vogue
And so, on our Les Plus Beau Villages path, we find ourselves in Vogue. And despite the immediate connotation to the magazine of the same name, there’s nary a model, fashion house or eclectic pose […]
2018 Day 103 – La Garde Adhemar
We’re winding our way slowly north, stopping today at La Garde-Adhemar. The village is set into a limestone spur, surrounded by defensive walls and is also known as the white nymph of the Tricastin plain. […]
2018 Day 102 – Aigueze and Montclus
*Happy dance* The sun is holding. I had dreadful visions of bring trapped inside for a month while storms raged outside. Instead, we’re in the heart of Provence, watching its loveliness unfold before us under […]
2018 Day 101 – Les Baux de Provence
Oh thank goodness, the sun is out. Just when I thought I’d go mad from the rain, the weather gods deliver a perfect day with clear blue skies, as if the storms of the past […]
2018 Day 100 – An exercise in frustration
Day 100. It really should have been a milestone for celebration, but instead it serves as a lesson in abject frustration. Fresh from our decision for a preference to not fall off a mountain roads […]
2018 Day 99 – Ansouis
Whilst hair-raising for us atop a Ligurian mountain top, the storms in Europe have wrecked destruction making news as far as Australia. With landslides, flooding, felled trees and drownings, 11 people have been reported dead […]
2018 Day 98 – Sainte-Agnes
Having made our decision to make our way back to France, Chris speeds up the process via the autostrada. Along the way, we see ingenious greenhouses, terraced into the mountains. We cross out of Italy […]
