The French – Italian border town of Menton (France), is about a three hour drive from our town in the Var, headed east. Along the way, the promise of an abundance of mimosa trees in bloom on the “Route du Mimosa“, helped set the initial part of our course. February seems to be the bestContinue reading “The French Riviera – Winter Vacation Part 1”
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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!”
Hilltops and the High Life
My mother had booked her ticket a few weeks after our arrival in France and was very excited to make the trip over. She planned for an October timeframe when the weather was still quite nice (sunny with highs into the low 70s F). She flew direct into Nice which was convenient given that it’sContinue reading “Hilltops and the High Life”
How Blue? Royal Blue, Blue Green and Sky Blue
Ever since arriving in Provence (over three weeks ago), I was eager to get out on the water or on a boat, to visit an island off the coast and to have some detachment from the mainland. The cluster of Hyères islands visible from our place only intensified this feeling. But as our local friendsContinue reading “How Blue? Royal Blue, Blue Green and Sky Blue”
Our Provençal Year 