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 […]
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. […]
We’ve both become quite bewitched by the sheer loveliness of Alscace, barely moving these past few days. And what’s not to love? Picturesque villages full of mediaeval half timbered cottages, prettily flowered window boxes, endless […]
We just can’t resist staying another day in Colmar, especially when the morning delivers blue skies. It’s all the encouragement I need to make a beeline to Little Venice for the perfectly framed shot yesterday’s […]
One of the best things about meandering in the motorhome with only the vaguest of directions in mind, is the discoveries you make along the way. It’s in this mindset that we cross paths with […]
On a day nowhere near as lovely as its predecessor (drizzle – boo! grey skies – hiss!) we finally set out to explore Colmar properly. Visitor map firmly in hand, we take the path most […]