While planning our trip to Provence, we decided we’d like to spend time in the countryside driving through picturesque villages but also visit cities. The first half of our stay was dedicated to the countryside. We more or less stopped at every village we came to. Either to walk around and stretch our legs or […]
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Hiking to Abbaye de Sénanque
One of the highlights during our jaunt around Provence was hiking to the Abbaye de Sénanque. Although we were too early in the year to enjoy the lavender fields surrounding the abbey, it was nice to be able to enjoy the grounds without a ton of people there. In fact, we didn’t come across anyone […]
Visiting Avignon
The first thing that comes to mind when one hears Avignon is the French song Sur le pont d’Avignon but the city has so much more to offer than the remains of the bridge which once spanned the Rhône River and is actually called Pont Saint-Bénézet. The top photo shows what is left of the […]
Postcard from Colonia
As magnificent as Buenos Aires is, it can become too much. Too loud, too busy, too everything. A good cure for that is to get away for the day and seek a quiet place to recharge. We contemplated our options and decided on a day trip across the River Plata to Colonia de Sacramento in […]
Salta Road Trip, Part 4
“In the desert you become a discoverer. You discover your soul, which had been submerged in vain pursuits, which had been lost in the coils and toils of modern life.” Ameen Rihani The last part of our road trip took us north of Salta towards the Chilean and Bolivian borders. While we were still in […]