Tag Archives: vacation
Biarritz
We spent the last of our summer vacation last year driving around France. A three-week road trip from Lille in the North to Biarritz on the Atlantic side to Cap d’Agde on […]
Belgium is (chocolate) heaven!
On our way to France we took an unusual route. Hubby usually prefers German roads but I fought to drive through Holland and Belgium. So we got to spend the […]
Eating our way out of the Black Forest – Sasbachwalden
On our way back from Italy, we really wanted to stay at the Hotel Engel in Sasbachwalden. Michelin had given Engel’s restaurant two forks and a flower which I think is […]
Staying at the Grand Hotel Cavour – Florence
Behind this elegant yet subtle facade along the Via del Proconsolo is a wonderful hotel smack dab in the middle of Florence. The Piazza della Signoria or the Uffizi is just […]
Italy… ahhhh you wear me out!
This picture sums up how I feel after 10 days in Italy. Sorting through many GBs of food and travel pics to share, but first one decent nights sleep. I […]
Learning to make the pasta at Tenuto San Pietro, revisiting Italy
We signed up for a cooking class at the Tenuto San Pietro and not knowing enough about the Italian email culture I totally botched it up. The last 2 emails […]
Angel in Haarlem? Amsterdam – Trip three
Our third trip this year was to Amsterdam. My shopping trip started at Haarlemerplein. The taxi driver seemed a little worried about me and told me several times to only […]
Day trip to Borkum
Borkum is the largest of the seven islands decorating the coast outside of Ostfriesland. Everyone we meet says we need to visit these islands, last summer we were on Norderney […]
