I woke up early and full of anticipation for better weather to see the mountains and do our planned activities. […]
Archive for June 2017
Chamonix – Heat wave is over; we have thunder in the French Alps
Another warm night with fan going all the time – it got reasonably cooler outside but in our little cave […]
Annecy – show off alpine lake town
Despite a little fan going all night, and ear plugs now my new sleeping aide to minimize the fan noise […]
Transit to Annecy and another missed train
From the title you will see that we had another mishap with trains. On all our other trips we have […]

L’Isle Sur-la-Sorgue and Rocky hilltop towns
We allowed ourself a good sleep-in after our midnight bedtime last night. Drawing back the curtains revealed the pathway of […]
Camargue birds and Clever Romans
Our host kindly allowed us an earlier breakfast so we could enjoy a quick bite before check out in sufficient […]

Camargue’s salty marshes to historic Roman Nimes
We were greeted warmly by Lauren and climbed into our Landrover Defender – this time in the back. They have […]
Provençal Alpine tour
Breakfast is an extra in our budget but nice hotel, so we pre-ordered for 11 euro the savory breakfast that […]
Arles – taking shabby chic to new levels
Our sleep in our cool room in a king size comfortable bed was very much appreciated and needed. I woke […]
Carcassonne – Medieval fortress
We got up a bit earlier to final pack in the cool and leave enough time for the walk to […]