After 6 fantastic weeks in France, we head home tomorrow. Went up to Sacré Coeur at Montmartre, walked the shops, ate in a café one last time and walked around a lot. Line up to enter the church was stupid long…vote was that we’ve seen our fair share of churches on ths trip. Happened upon …
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Paris
Much better weather this time around in la belle Paris. 20C and cloudy made for a perfect walking day. Started with a few hours at Musée D’Orsay. Lots of great art that the kids recognized, specifically Monets pieces. Having visited his gardens and ponds at Giverney in July, it was cool to see the original …
On Top of the World
Maybe not, but it sure felt like it. Last day in the Alps so one more lift and hike. The French aren’t the best at communicating…and this is very obvious when it comes to marking trails. The trail to the summit of Pointe de Nyon is steep and tough…and kind of a free for all…with …
Alps – Pointe des Mossettes
Took a few few more lifts and did some more hiking to get to Pointe des Mosettes. At almost 2300m it’s the tallest peak nearby that we can summit. The Swiss/France border runs along the crest. Short but steep walk to the summit. Clouds were drifting in and out and we passed through a few …
Lac Leman et Châteaux Chillon
Started the day as usual with a coffee and some sunshine. Then we drove to Lake Leman (aka lake Geneva) for the day today. Lunch on the shore in Evian-les-Bains (great water!) We then visited le Châteaux Chillon which was built on the east shore of the lake starting 1000 years ago. After visiting many …
The hills are alive….
Lots of lifta and tons of hiking today. 4 lifts and hiked 14kms…the kids are tired:) Found tons of wild blueberries…hard not to stop for at least a few… And cows…had to say hi…the sound of the bells juat makes you smile:) And of course we found goat village in thw next valley…its a ski …
From the beach to the Alps
Last few days in Provence were pretty chill with a visit to the market and lots of pool time. It’s pretty crazy that a short 5 hour drive took from tropical, azur beaches with palm trees and cactus, to snow capped mountains. The weather here is still hot, but nights are cool and the snow …
Avignon et Pont du Gard
Historic time travellers again today. Explored Avignon this morning. Saw the Pont d’Avignon (an old half-a- bridge). It isn’t much but we were ready for that. What’s neat is that it was originally built 800 years ago. But a flood took half of it out a few hundred years ago. The cool thing about Avignon …
Kayaking Les Calanques
Today we drove to Cassis bright and early and started the day with a 3 hour sea-kayaking trek into the Calanques of the Méditerranée. The Calanques are tall white cliffs surrounding narrow teal-blue baus with picturesque beaches along the shore. The Calanques we kayak to are not reachable by car. Either a 2 hour hike …
Châteaux Cadenet
Spent the afternoon yesterday exploring a chateaux ruins in a nearby town that is a not a tourist site, but is totally amazing. Had the whole cliffs, ruins and caves to ourselves. The chateaux was built about a 1000 years ago above the existing caves that have been used by people for many thousands of …
Coppingers in France 