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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The trouble with Europe, and I say “trouble” very much tongue in cheek, is that there are too many choices: stay in Metz, or hit the road to a Les Plus Beaux Village? In the […]
Double the Les Plus Beaux Villages visitations today, which might have been a wee bit ambitious. Particularly combined with lunch in between. Oops. It’s very hard to resist a traditional French lunch when the rest […]
Day 30. Where did that time go, pray tell? Surely we landed mere moments ago. The morning sees us driving south, through large scale farm land. This is the serious business end of farming: endless […]
I’m sure there are people somewhere that are blessed with the patience of saints. I am not amongst them. I will happily confess to being very goal oriented with a heavy side order of solution […]
Just when I thought our Les Plus Beaux Villages tour was temporarily diverted, there’s a nest of three, just off the Spanish border. Our drive to them takes us through more beautifully forested areas […]