Christmas is now long gone, but since last year’s holidays season has brought its fair share of magic in our lives, I thought I’d share our experience here. For the first time in forty years of existence, my husband and I had decided to spend Christmas away from home and have fun while seeing something…
Tag: day tour
Florence, Italy.
Too many people! Like, way too many! That is the feeling that will strongly remain in my mind after this short stop over in Florence that I had the chance (yes, somehow the chance) to visit for the second time, on my way back from the Repubblica di San Marino to Nice a couple of…
Palais des Papes, Avignon. France
Early November 2018, I decided for a last minute day-trip to Avignon. From Nice, it is a three and a half hours train ride with TGV (one way), but with a good book, a camera and a small picnic basket, I didn’t mind the long return journey, though I must say I had a pretty…
Spring Break for Adults in Dubai
I have finally travelled to Dubai! Voilà! Dubai is so shiny that you can’t just cross-check it from your bucket list without telling all about it. I stayed four days and had plenty of time to enjoy the city. It is very extended though, but the local transportation system offers multiple options for all budgets….
How to Spend an Afternoon in Amsterdam for 9.60 Euros
I love Amsterdam. I even have a keychain that says so (lol), and I’ve been carrying it around for more than 10 years already, since my very last visit. The first time I visited Amsterdam, I was a student in Paris in 2002. I took the train, went there over a long weekend and enjoyed…
Montpellier, France.
In September 2017, I have made the decisions both to regularly travel in France over the course of a weekend every 4 to 6 weeks, and also to reconnect with old friends or relatives every time I could or felt like it. I have set in motion these decisions almost immediately, as the next weekend…
17 Great Attractions (and More) to Discover Jerusalem
One of the greatest trips I made these last years was in Israel in May 2015. My husband and I spent a whole week, equally split between Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, as we stayed 4 nights in each city. We managed to organize day trips to other places as well, and to arrange most of our visits all…
A Fun Lying-Tricycle Ride in Camargue Gardoise, France
Back in Fall 2013, my friend Amandine and I were looking for an unusual type of weekend activity, away from home and far from the turmoil of urban life. Our search criterias were “Nature” and “Exercise but not too hard”. We booked a half-day “lying-tricycle rental and auto-tour” in the region of Camargue Gardoise in the South of…
A Week in Pattaya, Thailand
In August 2013, we spent a week in Pattaya, Thailand, a small city about an hour and a half drive from Bangkok. August is the heat peak season of the year, and sometimes the monsoon is still raging, so we had decided to organize for ourselves a slow journey throughout the week, and adapt our…
Bora-Bora : a Day Tour in Paradise
When we first landed on the island of Bora-Bora, we didn’t think that our total stay will last almost 4 months. So we quickly decided to do what we’d usually do when we had very little time somewhere interesting : book a day tour with a local guide, so that we could see in no time…
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