Category: Europe

We finished our trip where we started in Paris. We again are surprised how much we like Paris even though we are not city folk. This time we stayed outside the main tourist area...

I didn’t have many expectations for the Dordogne region but it was a good stop on our way back to Paris. I actually liked it better than Provence or Carcassonne (Paris and Chamonix are...

Southwest France is very rural and feels different than the rest of France. This is going to seem like blasphemy to a lot of people, but I like it better than Provence so far....

We only spent 7 nights in Provence and we felt like we took it easy (it was so hot!) but we still have some pictures to share. The area is beautiful but I have...

We traveled from cool alpine Chamonix Mont-Blanc to hot dry Provence. Our first impression was that it looked very much like Tuscany but a little more dry and a little less pretty. It’s been...

Chamonix is close to the Swiss and Italian borders and feels like a mix of Switzerland and France. The main draw here is the Mont-Blanc group of summits. We spent a few nights here...

Up to this point, we’ve been in the German feeling part of Switzerland. we are now in Lake Geneva near the French border, and there is a different look and feel to the country....

A few more pictures of some of the activities we did. We only scratched the surface of the activities available. It is still our favorite place and we definitely would like to return.

We weren’t loving Switzerland like we thought we would. That all changed this week when we arrived in the village of Wengen above the Lauterbrunnen valley. Tall ice covered mountains, alpine meadows, waterfalls, cute...

Our next stop was the capital city of Switzerland. Maybe less touristy but similar to Lucerne. Bern is a little quirky but very swiss. Switzerland seems like a country of rule followers. People will...