France

We made it to Nice on time, although it was nip and tuck getting to the Nice leg on time. Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam is huge and our Minneapolis flight landed on one end of the airport while our departure […]

Our luggage was deliver about midnight. We had a good nights sleep in spite of a thunderstorm. This morning is clear, all is well and we’re off for St. Raphael.

Arrive in St. Raphael midday and check in to the Hotel Santa Lucia, which has a view of the Mediterranean Sea. We make for the harbor. So many beautiful yachts and sailboats. The wind is immense and makes an eerie whine through the rigging of the many boats, like a siren calling. We find a…

The wind is down, and we arise early and head to the breakfast room for coffee, hard-boiled eggs, babybel cheese, a little Laughing Cow, croissants, and fruit compote. We drive to the old town, and traffic is fierce. We park […]

An easy day in St. Raphael, where the weather is apparently always beautiful. At least it has been during our stay. With Charlie and Jane driving our way from Cassis, we decide to stay close to “home,” visiting familiar places, […]

Checkout time is noon and we wake up late. Just enough time for breakfast — this time on the Patio of Yellow Umbrellas. Charlie and Jane want to tour the old town, so Patty, Mike and Liz drive the corniche […]

We stop in Draguignan for groceries to make sure we have something to eat at the villa. Major hubbub with French people darting this way and that. They know what to do in a French supermarket, and we do not. […]

Up at 9 for coffee and the weather is beautiful. Word has it there is a market in Flayosc, so we go — Mike, Liz, Patty M, Jim and Jane G. There is no market. But we find street-side paella and buy enough for lunch for all.

Referred to as the Grand Canyon of France, this Amazing mountain gorge is both stunningly beautiful and a recreational haven waterway. We stop for lunch in the charming little town of Moustiers Sainte Marie. Click on any photo below for […]

Cotignac became famous due to the fact that it’s situated at the foot of a huge rock with cave dwellings and because miracles have said to be taken place here in the past. Many people still go on pilgrimage to this medieval […]

Avignon is famous for its 14th-century Palace of the Popes, the Pont d’Avignon (or Pont Saint-Bénézet) made famous by a folk song, its annual Festival d’Avignon arts festival, and its historical medieval walls and charming streets. Avignon is famous for […]

The Village des Bories is a cluster of dry stone huts originally used for agricultural purposes, now converted into a museum of rural habitat and classified as a historical monument in 1977. These constructions, some of which date back to the […]