Recently, I’ve seen quite a few questions about whether it’s possible to visit The Luberon without having to come by car. The queries range from how to get to the area from airports across France to whether it’s possible to explore, once they arrive. The simple answer to them all is yes. It may be … More Car-Free Holidays in The Luberon
I think it would be fair to say that this year has been a little disrupted …. In fact that is probably an understatement, as everything we had imagined we’d planned has been tossed in the air and the cards of life have fallen in a chaotic tumble around our feet. It feels as if … More On our way home
A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to do a pop-up event with my jewellery, in the cellar of our friends’ newly restored town house and apartments in the centre of Apt Cent Cinq . I say cellar, but this was the most beautiful, vaulted stone room, set below the house on the … More Apta Julia – The hidden history of Apt
It’s just before 7am and after an unexpectedly longer stay in the UK than planned, I am finally en route home and back to Andy in Provence, and if all goes well, he should be waiting for me at Avignon just after 9.15 tonight (hopefully in Fifi, as that would be even more perfect) It’s … More Homeward Bound, London, Paris, Provence
Next week the Tour De France passes through some of our favourite villages and along some of our favourite roads.. passing through the lavender fields it will be spectacular, and I will be watching it from the sofa back in the UK! … More Travelling, Testing and the Tour De France
I have almost given up expecting that things will go to plan, especially this year, and this week was another case in point. It all seemed so simple – Tom would finish his online lecture with Uni at 3pm on Tuesday, by which time the car would be loaded, and as soon as he finished, … More Back to Provence for Christmas
Day 5 of our adventure driving Fifi our 49 year old 2CV from Devon to Provence and a spectacular day’s drive … More Fifi’s French Adventure Day 5…. All the way to Provence
After 12 days in the garage at Brantôme we’re back on the road again driving Fifi, our 49 year old 2CV to Provence … More Fifi’s French Adventure Day 4
We’re quite enjoying putting these little videos together now. The Sunflower fields were stunning, but the sight of Fifi being loaded onto the back of a recovery truck is so sad. Hopefully you can also see why we love the view from the Hotel L’Esplanade as we push open the shutters….. It is Jaw-droppingly beautiful … More Fifi’s French Adventure – Day 3 video
Today was always going to involve an early start, but as ever we managed to wake before the alarm and were dressed in minutes, heading out of the hotel to walk to the Gare de Nord for the start of what will be Andy’s busiest travelling day yet. Our plans this year have shifted, settled … More There are advantages to being a ‘morning-person’
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