Fred’s first ever post about our visit to the famous Tomato Conservatory at the Château de la Boudaisière in the Loire Valley.
Tag - road trip
Thwarted in visiting Basilique Saint-Julien de Brioude on a tour, we enjoy the scenery in the other perched villages nearby.
Using Vieille Brioude as our base, Fred and I spend the entire day Wednesday exploring the villages along the Allier River, also known as the Gorges de...
Heather and Fred's next stop is Vieille Brioude, where they visit the WIne Museum and Heather's stomach acts up.
Our adventures in the Grands Causses Natural Regional Park, which inadvertently turned out to be of the most jam-packed days on our trip, with a 12th-century...
Fred and I arrived at the Château de Creissels, our historic hotel in a little town over the hill from Millau, famous for its massive, multi-span cable-stayed...
On Sunday afternoon after our visit to the little market in Salasc, Fred and I drove to our first “Big Destination”, a medieval village that was an important...
After leaving Bormes-les-Mimosas on Saturday, we drove for a couple of hours through traffic and past Hyères until we reached Salagou Lake, one of Fred’s...
On Friday – Fred’s and my last full day in Bormes-les-Mimosas – we all got a break from the kitchen with a day visiting friends of the family in Le Lavandou...
On Wednesday I promised I’d give you all a little inside peek into my experience “dining with the French family” during our week in Bormes-les-Mimosas together...
We finally made it to the beach on Sunday afternoon, then again on Monday first thing in the morning to have the beach to ourselves. Here are some of the...
Long post to catch up today! This covers Saturday and most of Sunday, including the TGV train ride, the pros and cons of renting a house vs renting an...
