2024 started in a less-than-ideal way: bad weather and the shocking discovery that mice had devoured all the engine wires that control the fuel injectors in our car while we were in Canada. Thankfully, after a few days, things improved dramatically, thanks to my husband. Our RV had been wintering …
Mike and I recently spent a month exploring the Wallonia region of Belgium (with a few side trips). Belgium is divided into …
“Another Bloody Church” or “Another Bloody Cathedral”: I laughed when my sister, on a cruise ship, told me this acronym that she …
Mike and I recently completed our cycling ride around Lake Constance, spending a delightful two weeks at a campground on the Rhine …
Well, 2023 didn’t quite go how we expected but it has been an interesting year. We started with medical issues and ended …
I am having an unusually difficult time writing this summary of our time in France. Unbelievably, we have spent almost a full …
Leaving Grenoble we wanted to visit the Swiss cities of Geneva and Lausanne both on Lake Geneva. As I mentioned in an …
I am slowly catching up on a few posts that are behind schedule. Recently Mike and I camped just south of Grenoble. …
I am trying to write this article as we are driving north through the French Alps. We will eventually head north-east towards …
My cousin Jane just spent the last four days with us in southern France which was really nice. As you can see …
Everything they say about French drivers is true. This is our seventh year in Europe (our original plan was for three years) …
Mike and I are currently exploring the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region better known as Provence which includes the French Riviera. Here are cities and …
My apologies for the delay in writing. Our lives seem to be somewhat consumed with my broken leg. Mike says that it …
It’s March and Mike and I are back at our campground near Marseille France. We are back but not exactly in one piece. I …
Well our time in France for this year is over but we will be back. I was going to recap our year …
The Romans are one of just many different reasons that we have spent a lot of time near Avignon in Provence. This …
Three weeks of staying near Avignon and we haven’t left yet. In all honesty, we didn’t get to properly visit Avignon for …
Mike and I spent a few very enjoyable days visiting Dijon, the capital of Burgundy. No we didn’t buy any of the …
Canada could learn a lot about camping from Europe. We just stayed in a campsite that was 1 km from the main …
Two weeks camping in a marina on the Seine River, lovely. I actually ran outside in the rain to get the picture …
In 10 days camping near the D-Day Invasion Beaches of Normandy, you can’t help but learn something about the invasion. The invasion …
No we aren’t in Ireland, we have been visiting the Emerald Coast of France. Mont Saint-Michel is France’s most popular tourist attraction …
Mike and I camped in Nantes for two weeks. We might have stayed longer if the campground hadn’t been fully booked. Nantes …
It was interesting listening to the Canadian CBC news broadcast talk about the apocalyptic heat wave covering France. They were right. This …
102 km (63 miles), that is what Mike cycled the other day without me! When I write I need absolute quiet so …
It has been exactly 30 years since Mike and I toured the Loire valley on vacation in a rented camper. Having our …
Mike and I are now camping on the Loire River near Blois. This is the longest river in France and this area …
Mike and I have now spent six weeks along the Mediterranean with the last two at a campground in Agde. During this …
What an absolutely awful day. Mike and I have continued our long distance bike riding this week and, yesterday the plan was …
Mike and I have spent the last week in North Catalonia but we are not in Spain, we are in France. Apparently …
30 years ago Mike and I accidentally stumbled on the phenomenal walled city of Carcassonne. I believe that it was the first …
When I hear the term “pink city” I think of Jaipur in India. That is a city well deserving of the name. …
I chose the camping spot at Tournay as it was within an hour or so of various areas I wanted us to …
Mike and I visited San Sebastián, a major town in Spanish Basque country, by car and liked it so much we made …
We are currently staying in Basque country (Pays Basque). Most people think of Spain when they hear Basque but the bordering area …
Magnolia trees, green grass, trees turning green, a few flowers and people mowing their lawns all says that spring has arrived. My …
I think what intrigues Mike and I the most about the various medieval villages we have been touring is that you will …
Mike and I are now back in Europe starting Year Six of our three year plan. I guess that means that we …
For the second year in a row, the coronavirus has determined both our route and our time allotment in Europe. This year …
Wine! It is really too bad that Mike and I aren’t more into wine. Why aren’t we wine connoisseurs or even wine …
1,000 castles and châteaux are in Périgord, the area where we are camping. The Périgord region is also known by the name …
Big news first. After almost 5 years we have finally got to France which is where we were heading a very long …
