A Quick Day Trip to Bruges
from the followsummer archive Today is All Souls Day and a holiday in Belgium and indeed much of Europe. It is also our last day in Europe and we must do our final repack and organize the return of the car when we arrive for our...
La Route Causses et Vallées de l’Hérault
We decided to take today a little easier and do some local driving, hitting some of the neighbouring hamlets and following ancient routes and highways that traverse the windswept hills and valleys called La Route Causses et...
A Dandelion and a Daisy: Les Jardins de Métis
Yesterday’s Sainte-Flavie arrival-greeting fog has burned away and our morning breaks sunny, warm and inviting. We grab an early breakfast in the Motel: butter-basted eggs ‘over easy’, some lovely crispy...
‘Like a Local’ City Guide: Paris Musts
Ahhh Paris. An exquisite city filled with touristy, romantic clichés and at over 16.06 million visitors, one of the world’s most visited offering almost every kind of experience to the foot-weary tourist. With the typical Eiffel...
6 Summer Wilderness Destinations You Must Discover
Summer is the perfect time to explore some crazy places you’ve never been to. And what’s better than going out into the wilderness and spending some quality time with Mother Nature? If you’re feeling adventurous, here are some...
Perth to Melbourne – Australia Road Trip!
Depending on just how ambitious a traveler you are, the trip from Perth to Melbourne can be an almost 4000km-long journey and filled with numerous stops in some of Australia’s most gorgeous regions. Is your car all set and ready...
Top Australia Beaches You Have to Visit
As if the Land of Down Under doesn’t have enough allure in its urban hotspots, these seven top Australia beaches, found along its vivid and often wild coastline, make yet another bucket-list reason for all nature-lovers to hop on...
Long Haul Flights: Some Survival Tips
Is it just me, or sitting for ten or more hours crammed between airplane seats among a crowd of equally cranky kids and grownups cannot possibly be the most incredible beginning to a holiday? I assume I’m not alone in this...
A Personal Revelation
As many of you may remember, last year on May 22nd, we adopted a handsome barn cat from my best friend Lucy, in part to add a bit of a distraction for the next six months of dealing with John’s recent cancer diagnosis and...
A Final Drive Through the Loire Valley: Onto Avranches
Around the corner from our hotel is the Tours Cathedral, and we visit it this morning before we head off on our drive to Normandie with our final destination of Avranches. The cathedral is Gothic in style, flying buttresses and...