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I first heard of Annecy, an Alpine resort, briefly mentioned in a Mary Stewart book, Nine Coaches Waiting . Her descriptions of location...

On the one hand, Lyon is one of the oldest cities in France tracing its roots to before the Gallo Roman Empire, with a large and winding...

We’ve both got colds yuck! I started it and Dana is carrying it on. Fortunately, there is a pharmacy across the street from our Air BnB....

We met our driver, Anne, near the Tourist Information Office in Avignon. Dana was the only man in the group tour, well with the exception...

Ancient and alluring, our Arles hotel window overlooks the ancient Roman theater built during the reign of Caesar Augustus. Looking to...

In Avignon, we are staying in an Air BNB just outside the city walls and walking a lot! It’s a joy to escape to our wisteria and jasmine...

In Avignon, we are staying in an Air BNB just outside the city walls and walking a lot! It’s a joy to escape to our wisteria and jasmine...

We arrived in Aix en Provence from Grasse on a Sunday, weary, stressed from the drive to find our apart hotel much less than desirable....

For now, Grasse is the last stop on our little driving adventure before returning the car, hopefully intact, back to Budget Rental, its...

Beautiful and quaint, Antibes seems the quintessential French seaside town. Thus far it has been our favorite stop. There is a Picasso...

Today, we left Nice and our lovely Air BnB, packed one suitcase (we have 3 bags so far) as our travel bag, rented a Citroen with manual...

Precisely at noon each day a shot goes off which is heard throughout the city. Our second day we climbed to the top of Castle Hill...

The first view of Nice from the plane . . . Beautiful sienna colored tile roofs, an azure blue coast line (hence the name Côte d’Azur...

We broke up the trip with a stop in London to decompress, stretch out, and lessen the culture shock. Seems to be working for the old...

Viva La France, nous voici- Here we come While preparing for our slow travel in France, Dana and I have both been asked in recent days,...