For the remaining days of our vacation, we set our sights on a trajectory that started in Bilbao and ended in Madrid (with a midway stop in Burgos). This way we’d get to visit the Basque Country capital city and discover one of its main attractions, the renown Guggenheim Museum (designed by Frank Gehry –Continue reading “Vacation Part 2: Spain”
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Ciao, Italia! – Winter Vacation Part 2
Italy has been on our minds since we moved to Provence due to its proximity and all the other reasons to visit (the food, its natural beauty, the culture, Diabolik, and the list can go and go). As we planned to spend the second week of the girls’ winter break skiing in the Alps, weContinue reading “Ciao, Italia! – Winter Vacation Part 2”
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Headed South to Sardinia
Originally when planning our two-week vacation for the fall school break, we thought of going to Italy (mainland), from Corsica but the forecast dissuaded us from realizing our ambition. Cloudy and rainy would have massively hampered our experience so we decided otherwise. Instead, we opted for Sardinia as the weather was to be more favorableContinue reading “Headed South to Sardinia”
Corse, of course!
The first of 4 school vacations for the 2021 – 2022 academic year had arrived and we decided on spending the 2-week break visiting Corsica (Corse), and Sardinia (Sardegna). Corsica is part of France and Sardinia is part of Italy, although as one would learn, don’t call Corsicans French and don’t tell the Sardinians they’reContinue reading “Corse, of course!”
Our Provençal Year 