Earlier this week, I shared my thoughts on a recent trip to the island of Hydra, in Greece's Saronic Islands. We spent the second half of our Greece trip on the island of Naxos, in the Cyclades. It turned out to be the perfect combination of two islands with two very...
In late August, I traveled with my family to Greece. It was my first visit since 1999, when I spent two weeks in Athens, the Peloponnese, Santorini, Ios and the mainland, including the Pelion Peninsula, Mt. Olympus, Meteora and Zagorohoria in the northwestern region...
This is part of my series on ideas for day hikes in Brittany's southern department of the Morbihan. Please also see my earlier posts on Île-aux-Moines, Île d'Arz, Île de Houat and Île d'Hoëdic, Quiberon's Côte Sauvage, Port-Navalo and Locmariaquer and 2 Circuits in Le...
This is part of my series on ideas for day hikes in Brittany's southern department of the Morbihan. Please also see my earlier posts on Île-aux-Moines, Île d'Arz, Île de Houat and Île d'Hoëdic, Quiberon's Côte Sauvage and Port-Navalo and Locmariaquer. Loop 1, Le Bono...
Presqu'île de Rhuys This is part of my series on ideas for day hikes in Brittany's southern department of the Morbihan. Please also see my earlier posts on Île-aux-Moines, Île d'Arz, Île de Houat and Île d'Hoëdic and Quiberon's Côte Sauvage. Presqu'île de Rhuys Two...
This is part of my series on ideas for day hikes in Brittany's southern department of the Morbihan. Please also see my earlier posts on Île-aux-Moines, Île d'Arz and Île de Houat and Île d'Hoëdic. Just west of the Gulf of Morbihan, the presqu'île (peninsula) of...
Île de Houat This is part of my series on ideas for day hikes in Brittany's southern department of the Morbihan. Please also see my earlier posts on Île-aux-Moines and Île d'Arz. Île de Houat Île de Houat and Île d'Hoëdic lie outside the Gulf of Morbihan, in the Bay...
As promised, over the next two months I will post a series of ideas for day hikes in Brittany's southern department, the Morbihan. The hike on Île d'Arz, described below, is the perfect complement to the hike I described in my post of late July on Île-aux-Moines. Île...
Later this month, I will post a series of Brittany hiking itineraries, to add to those already on the Paris Weekender site, such as hiking on L'Île-aux-Moines. So I thought it would be useful to first share my tips for planning the perfect Brittany hiking weekend....
Les JO (jeux olympiques) have begun! I am adding an extra post this week because I just returned from a weekend in London and want to share my Olympics experiences - before the Games are over! Pre-event show, Men's gymnastics at the O2 Arena I was fortunate to win...
