*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 […]
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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 […]
2018 Day 50 – Eguisheim & Schwarzwald
Eguisheim is just too lovely to give up the opportunity for another walk through the village, this time in the softer, morning light. It really is quite magical – I’m surprised it hasn’t made its […]
2018 Day 49 – Eguscheim
We’ve saved one of the prettiest Les Plus Beaux Villages for last. Eguisheim is set in the heart of the Alsace wine region, an area of some 170 kilometres set at the foothills of the […]
2018 Day 48 – Strasbourg
Still in Strasbourg. Still living with a grumpy bear with a sore foot. Still (both) impatient with the challenges this brings. Still want to whack him with a bat occasionally. Not with any sense of […]
2018 Day 47 – Strasbourg
It’s always a shock to hit city traffic when you’ve been in the country for a while. It’s very easy, without day to day stresses, to slip into a slower pace of life. It’s a […]
2018 Day 45 – Oberhaslach
So. A small misstep by himself last night has changed our plans a little. Confident in his indestructiblity, he decided to walk down an embankment. A 40 degree grassed embankment. At night. In the wet. […]
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