You may have noticed that it poured rain all day this past Saturday and Sunday. (If you did not notice, you were probably not in France.) So what do you do on a weekend like this past weekend when you want to get out of town but you also want to stay indoors?...
My photo from the Otternes Farm along Norway's Aurlandsfjord has been selected as today's Whygo.com's "Photo of the Day"! To see more photos of Norway, see my post from this summer or the Norway gallery of my photo website. I highly recommend a visit to Otternes Farm...
Today's Whygo.com Photo of the Day is the photo I took from the wonderful house we rented this summer! See my post on Norway and the full itinerary for more details on this trip, or visit the Norway gallery on my Smugmug page to view more photos.
This past weekend I enjoyed a wonderful escape from Paris, to the charming small city of Pau in the Béarn (just east of the Basque Country), the surrounding vineyard-covered hills of the Jurançon and the mountains of the Pyrenées. Four of us stayed with a friend’s...
Unfortunately there is no perfect way of getting to and from the Paris airports, but below are my suggestions. Note that for the Air France bus (Car Air France) to and from Charles de Gaulle and Orly you can now purchase tickets online, and doing so will save you...
A wonderful day trip or even half-day escape from the city is the Coulée Verte (or “Green Corridor”) extending to and beyond the Parc de Sceaux south of Paris. The Coulée Verte is a series of parks and greenways that connect to form an uninterrupted 12-kilometer...
A visit to Claude Monet’s house and gardens in Giverny is a wonderful escape from Paris, especially for admirers of this celebrated impressionist painter. Be sure to pick a sunny day as the main draw is of course the gardens and the legendary water lilies. On my...
There is something about Brittany that keeps drawing me back. Le Select, Nantes Its mix of rugged and calming coastline, inviting villages both seaside and inland with meticulously cared-for homes and gardens, friendly and vivacious people, mile after mile of hiking...
Last weekend, two friends and I took a very last minute trip to the south of France, based on a quick check of the weather (meteo.fr) and a fear for our precious summer days that are dwindling away…. St. Tropez & the view from Gassin (above) For me, it was a...
Euro Disney (or “Disneyland Paris” as the French call it) is not just for kids. Europe's only Disney park, first opened in 1992, offers a number of entertainment options for kids-at-heart of all ages and a general atmosphere of good cheer—if you can handle the...
