Category: France
A Weekend in Carcassonne, France
The drive into Toulouse began our weekend break in Carcassonne (Southern France) for Liza’s birthday. It took only about two hours from Andorra and because of the special occasion we stayed at a nice hotel just outside the ancient Cité walls. Our approach passed rolling vineyards until we were met by an awe-inspiring first look [...]
A Chamonix Summer in Short (and in shorts)
My comrades and I were approximately halfway through a hastily-planned road trip to celebrate the end of University and having sampled the best that northern Italy had to offer, we had been drawn towards the highest peak in western Europe*, with Chamonix (mont-blanc) seeming like the logical base to explore the Mont Blanc massif in [...]
