Rochefort-en-Terre & Clisson Traveling through beautiful France you never know what you are going to discover but we certainly didn’t expect to find a special place saved by an American and another by the Italians ~Rochefort-en-Terre & Clisson! Rochefort-en-Terre was …
Day 4: Camaret-sur-Mer and Locronan Southern Brittany The next morning, day 4 of our Brittany tour, we left our château at Pléhédel and the pink granite coast and headed to southern Brittany for two nights. The sun was shining and the …
We recently arrived back in Lourmarin after spending 8 days wandering about western France. One of our favourite things to do is amble our way through this beautiful country. We’ve driven north from Lourmarin, back to England, many times, sometimes …
“You are going skiing in Serre Chevalier, in the French Alps? I’ve never heard of it!” Such was the typical response we received when we explained where we were planning to ski this spring. And if it were not for …
Col du Granon After a somewhat perilous, 25 minute, hair pin drive, climbing high above the Serre Chevalier Valley and Chantemerle, where we’re hoping to ski next year, we arrived at the Col du Granon. We’d been recommended to go …
Standing proudly on the hill above Briançon is its’ historic city, Cité Vauban. Named after its’ designer, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707) a celebrated architect and military engineer for King Louis XIV, Cité Vauban is now a UNESCO World …
Today we headed to Italy. Just an hour’s drive from Monêtier-les-Bains, back down the Serre-Chevalier Valley to Briançon and on to the French ski resort of Montgenèvre, which is virtually on the French/Italian border. We climbed up between the mountain …
Next year we’re hoping to ski in the French Alps. Although we ski each year in California’s beautiful Lake Tahoe, it’s been over 26 years since we were on our skis in Europe. The French Southern Alps, Les Hautes-Alpes of …
As we packed our bags to return to Lourmarin, we found this letter, written by our young granddaughter, earlier in the summer on the day we were leaving Lourmarin. She had been keeping it safely hidden in her little whicker, …
La Maison Empereur La Maison Empereur is the oldest household store in France. Situated in the Noailles district of Marseille, it was founded over two hundred years ago and incredibly has been run by the same family since it first …
