Gargas is in an area known as the Luberon Regional National park. It is a large area in Provence, which encompasses many of the picturesque, so called perched villages and also vast expanses of vines and woodlands. It has also historically been mined for stone and ochre. So whilst here we have been testing the…
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Our home for August! We finally managed to find our new home in the Luberon by dint of actually getting out of the car and walking down the road looking for house numbers. Our home is in Rue L’ochre Citron in a quiet hamlet called Les Tamisiers in Gargas. Gargas is a lesser known village…
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Kayaking in Ardeche is BIG business. There are loads of outfits offering experiences and thousands of boats. Transits pulling boat trailers piled high with canoes are a common sight.. Cliff and Ann booked a 12km trip with a company called LouLou http://www.descente-canoe-ardeche.com/resa/?gclid=CLr3sa7nk84CFcoW0wodASsAEA We arrived at the start point, paid our money and collected our waterproof…
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We left Cavaillon refreshed, rested and revived! Next stop, for two weeks, was Balazuc in the Ardeche. Balazuc is another of the Beaux Villages de France We approached the area via Remeze and Vallon Pont D’Arc, trying to follow some of the Tour de France (TDF) route that would be staged whilst we were living…
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Arriving at Cliff’s sisters was like arriving at an oasis in the dessert. After 10 days of travelling and living from a flight bag we were able to do some washing, share some of our experiences and the wine we had bought! Although we had enjoyed eating out it was also lovely to eat some…
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Menton We arrived in Menton following an easy drive on motorways past borders with no passport controls. We arrived at the Hotel Napoleon, a recommendation from Cliffs sister who has stayed here a few times. It’s an interesting hotel. It’s dedicated to Jean Cocteau and has many prints of his work on the walls. It…
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We left Florence and our lovely hotel with some regret, it had been a wonderful stay. Our last evening had found us far from the madding crowds, enjoying a bit of people watching as we ate our meal at a pavement restaurant. The staff were attentive and efficient and the food was delicious. The previous…
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Part of the reason we chose to take a longer stopover in Florence is because of its location in Tuscany. It was one of Cliffs dreams to tour Tuscany and visit a vineyard. Thanks to our hotel, we found and booked what looked like the perfect tour. Bright and early on Monday morning our guide…
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Italy and Florence Cliff has always wanted to visit Tuscany. So when we were looking at where to base ourselves for a few days we saw that we could chose Lake Garda, Venice, Milan – all beautiful areas. But when Cliff mentioned his desire to visit Tuscany, we realised Florence was only a slight detour…
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Slovenia is so beautiful and already, in Ljubljana, we have been met by friendly, efficient hotel staff here at our hotel in Ljubljana. We have a fabulous view from our 9th floor room. Cliff went for a quick bike ride while I checked out a bit of central Ljubljana and then relaxed with a cup of…
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