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Pasta in Piacenza – Italy
My brother lives in Austria and flights from Marseille to anywhere close to him costs around €400. So, rather than paying all that money for my husband and I to fly there, we drove. We drove through Italy and arrived in Austria in the evening after spending the day in the car. To break up…
Pont du Gard – France
Pont du Gard! What a beauty! My husband and I have wanted to visit this bridge for several years now and finally got round to it when a friend was visiting us for the weekend. It’s a shame we didn’t come in Summer to enjoy it in the heat and splash around in the water.…
La Citadelle, Saint Tropez – France
La Citadelle of Saint Tropez is situated on a small hill behind the town and port. I came here when visiting Saint Tropez on a solo day trip. Read my other blog post here. La Citadelle is a little walk away from the centre of town but it is very easy to access. There is…
Saint Tropez – France
Saint Tropez is a beautiful town in the French Riviera on the South coast of France. It is famous as a millionaire’s playground and a place where the rich and famous come for holidays. There are always super yachts moored up on this small harbour and people dressed to impress walking around. There are lots…
21 photos to make you want to visit Saint Tropez – France
Saint Tropez is a beautiful town on the French Riviera which is famous worldwide and a popular holiday destination for the world’s richest people. If you’re not sure about visiting Saint Tropez, maybe these 21 photographs will help you decide. Enjoy! Book a stay in Saint Tropez here.. Subscribe to my newsletter
St Victoire – France
I have lived in Provence for around 5 years now and have always wanted to go up to the top of the famous St Victoire. I have had picnics around the bottom several times and once made it up to the refuge. But never to the top – until now! The St Victoire is a…
Tarragona – Spain
I went to Spain to spend a weekend at Port Aventura with some friends. We stayed in Salou, which I wouldn’t recommend as it was a horrible tourist spot with tacky souvenirs and gross English people! But anyway, we went to Cadaques on the Friday for a couple of hours. Spent Saturday at Port Aventura. And…
Cadaqués – Spain
Cadaqués is a beautiful town on the North East coast of Spain. It is further North than Barcelona and is actually really close to the French border. We stopped here for a couple of hours on our way to Salou for a weekend in Port Aventura. Cadaqués is famous for being where Salvador Dali was…
Coulée Verte René-Dumont, Paris – France
After visiting Rue Cremieux, I wandered around the neighbouring areas without a destination in mind. I stumbled across the Coulée Verte René-Dumont which is an elevated linear park situated on an old railway. It is sometimes known as the “Promenade Plantée” too. The park stretches 4.7km over Paris with views over the Parisian buildings and life…
Rue Cremieux, Paris
Rue Cremieux (Crémieux in French) is Paris’ version of London’s Notting Hill. The houses on Rue Cremieux are very cute, bright, colourful and full of fun! Each house has its own personality and charm. It’s a lovely little road to walk down, situated next to Gare de Lyon. It’s very tucked away and hard to…
Disneyland Paris – France
I’m not a huge Disney fan. I mean I watched the films when I was younger but I’m not obsessed like it seems everybody else is. But when we were in Paris for the weekend, we decided we should go. We have already seen a lot of Paris, but had never been to Disneyland, so…
An afternoon in Paris – France
I went to Paris for a long weekend with my husband to see one of our friends before the big move to the USA. I haven’t seen him in over a year so it was really nice to spend some time with him again after so long! We lived in Paris around 5 years ago…
Blackpool – England
Blackpool is a funny old place. I have some great memories from here. I used to come to the Blackpool Pleasure Beach theme park when I was at high school with friends. I came on a couple of nights out here and even had my hen do evening here. So its a good place to…
Blackwell House, Lake District – England
I went home in September (which you might have seen in my September Highlights post) for a week to say goodbye to my grandma and parents before we leave for Miami. We don’t know exactly when we will be leaving, but wanted to go back to say goodbye while we have time. My parents and…
Villefranche-sur-Mer – France
Villefranche-sur-Mer is a beautiful seaside town located just next to Eze (see blog post here). It’s between Nice & Monaco on the French Riviera and the buildings are beautiful and bright! I drove here from Eze and parked down at the port. I knew that Villefranche-sur-Mer was famous for its beautiful seafront with bright buildings,…
Eze – France
Eze is a stunning old hilltop town situated between Nice and Monaco on the South East coast of France. I came here for a little day trip on my own in September and I have no idea why it has taken me 5 years of living in Provence to come here! The town is only…
Portugal Beaches
We went to several Portugal beaches whilst on holiday. Both me and my husband Jeremie love the beach. We love to lie in the sun, snorkel, swim, play bat & ball. Generally have lots of the fun at the beach! We went to Manta Rota & Altura mostly as they were close to where we…
Cacela Velha – Portugal
Cacela Velha (pronounced Cass-ella-Veyya) is a beautiful tiny fishing village in the Algarve region of Portugal. It is so tiny, it almost doesn’t seem real. Cacela Velha is located on the top of a hill with fantastic views over the Atlantic Ocean. The village itself doesn’t have many buildings, but it does have a cute church,…
Tavira – Portugal
Tavira is a beautiful old city in the Algarve region of Portugal. It seems a lot less touristy than some of the other places we visited on our weeks holiday. The buildings are more ruined and dilapidated, with paint peeling off – which I love! I didn’t know what to expect when coming here and…
Vila Real de Santo António – Portugal
Vila Real de Santo António is a small city in Portugal’s Algarve region. It’s in the south of Portugal, on the Portugal/Spain border. We came here for an afternoon to wander the streets. We walked through the town passing lots of shops. The shops were selling mostly towels, clothes and souvenirs. Vila Real de Santo António…
Ponta da Piedade – Portugal
Ponta da Piedade is such a beautiful part of the world! It’s situated on the South coast of Portugal, close to the town of Lagos, in the Algarve. Ponta da Piedade is a rock formation in the Atlantic Ocean with stunning panoramic views all around. There are boat trips available from several locations. I didn’t…
Cabo Sao Vincente – Portugal
Cabo Sao Vincente (Cape St Vincent) is on Costa Vicentina (Vincentine Coast) on the very tip of Portugal. It is commonly known as “The End Of The World” as it looks out to the Atlantic Ocean. Cabo Sao Vincente has stunning panoramic views of huge white rock faces lunging into the deep blue sea. There…
1 week in Miami
MIAMI!! It’s never particularly been on my list of destinations I dream about visiting. But as we are moving there in a couple of months for my husband’s work, we thought it would be best to visit before hand. I spent a lot of my time visiting the different areas of Miami and trying to…
3 days exploring Dijon
My husband came to Dijon for 3 days of work, so I decided to come with him. Usually on work placements he is alone for the journey there and back, but also in the evenings and for dinner etc. So, I thought this time I would come along to keep him company but also so…
Gorges du Verdon – Take Two
We came back to the Gorges du Verdon and I am so glad that we did! It was worth the drive to be able to go on a boat down the beautiful gorges. It was a stunning hot day in July when we went. It was super busy, but I think that added to the…
Bussana Vecchia – Italy
I came to Bussana Vecchia after spending a night in San Remo (read my blog post here..). Bussana Vecchia is a small hippy/arty commune in the West of Italy with a rather interesting history. I won’t give you a long history lesson, but here is a quick overview. Basically there was an earth quake in…
San Remo – Italy
San Remo is a town situated just over the French/Italian border (on the Italian side). It’s a popular tourist destination on the beautiful Italian Riviera. I decided to go here on a bit of a whim. I was meant to go for a long weekend with my girlfriends earlier this year but something came up…
Provence Lavender and Sunflower Fields – France
The best time to see the famous Provence lavender fields is from late June to mid August. Although this does depend on where you go, the weather that year & when they harvest the lavender. There are also several lavender festivals throughout Provence in the summer months. They sell lavender ice creams, lavender honey and…
Gorges du Verdon – France
So this was one of my trips that didn’t go to plan, at all! Oops! We set off from our place at 10am, heading straight to the Gorges du Verdon but happened to stop at the Cascade de Sillans on the way. We loved it so much that we stayed for around 4 hours!! If…
Cascade de Sillans – France
Cascade de Sillans is a stunning waterfall that is situated close to the Gorges de Verdon in the South of France. It’s around 1 hour 15 mins from either Marseille or Aix en Provence by car to the cascade. The waterfall is found in the town of “Sillan-la-Cascade”, which was named after the waterfall. The…