Having fallen headlong in love with the Bourgogne region I have a bad case of the “I don’t want to go home” blues. It doesn’t help stopping at a Carrefour. My favourite way of discovering […]
Having fallen headlong in love with the Bourgogne region I have a bad case of the “I don’t want to go home” blues. It doesn’t help stopping at a Carrefour. My favourite way of discovering […]
We rise to gloriously blue skies, such a gift this late into Autumn. All the better for the full day we have ahead of us. First, an exploration of La Clayette, home of the fairytale […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
*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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]