This post is part of a series called France 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…
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This post is part of a series called Ardeche 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…
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This post is part of a series called Ardeche 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)…
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This post is part of a series called France 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…
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This post is part of a series called France 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…
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This post is part of a series called Italy 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…
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This post is part of a series called Italy 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…
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This post is part of a series called Italy 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…
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This post is part of a series called Slovenia 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…
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