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Nature-tripping at Pelagaccio
Apologies for the long absence on my blog. Busy times on both the home and work fronts leave me with hardly any time to sit in front of the pc these days. My husband have to work a great deal of time...
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Holiday afterthoughts
My sincere apologies for the long absence on this space. First, both work and home fronts went haywire in the weeks preceding our holiday and then our holiday for almost 3 weeks in France kicked off...
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Our first foray exploring the area around Arcachon Bay
Heading to the west coast of France further down Brittany proved to be a pleasant surprise. For one, it was not as busy as what we had experienced the previous year in the South of France. Even at the...
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Discovering the Atlantic
I grew up in a country bounded on one side by the Pacific and the other side by the South China Sea. Imagine turquoise blue waters and coconut-tree lined beaches with powdery white sand… yes, the...
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Monet’s home and garden in Giverny
Monet entered my consciousness as a college freshman taking up the elective subject of Humanities. His paintings of water lilies from his garden in Giverny were special favorites. Fast forward to over...
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Exploring Paulliac and the Medoc wine areas
The wines of Paulliac came highly recommended from the marquis of the chateau where we stayed in Alencon. Since it was our first time to be in the area, we had no clue as to what can be expected. We...
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Market day in Le Bugue
Open markets never fail to cast their charm on me and I won’t give them a miss if I can find one on any given day. Checking what are on offer from different stalls will make me lost my sense of time as...
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The gardens of the Manor of Eyrignac
Dordogne was the logical option for us to go to after spending the first part of our camping holiday in the Bordeaux area as it was just a good three hours drive eastward. I had no clue as to what can...
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Opa and Oma joins us on holiday
To a little girl who have her grandparents a constant presence from day 1, three weeks feel like eternity to not see them for that length of time. Thus, when we were planning our summer holiday last...
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The overhanging gardens of Chateau de Marqueyssac
Dordogne is reputed to be the land of a thousand chateaus (castles) so it is mecca to a castle fanatic like me. Further to that reputation are its many amazing parterre (formal) gardens which have...
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Market day in Sarlat-la-Canéda
On this particular warm summer day, we were celebrating a special day, my father-in-law’s birthday. In earlier years when they still live up north in Holland in the Friesian farm house which has a very...
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Chateau de Hautefort and its gardens
The day before my parents-in-law were due to fly back to Holland, we went to visit yet another castle — the Chateau de Hautefort. This castle was about an hour’s drive from our base so we brought our...
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Picnic and fishing at the Dordogne River
It was yet again another very warm summer day and my parents-in-law’s last day in the Dordogne. After checking out from Le Chambellan which has been their home away from home in the last few days, we...
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What happened to spring?
Spring is always a much awaited and celebrated season in Holland. In this very flat country, the Dutch ingenuity of creating flower wonderlands in spring has always attracted millions of visitors from...
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Chilly Easter egg hunt
The chill was unmistakable and the forecast was true to the dot that the temperature will not rise beyond 3 degrees Celsius but to the kids, that was no excuse to enjoy this year’s Easter egg hunt. The...
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A very Dutch journey through time
It’s springtime again and I can’t believe how fast the year went by. It’s been almost a year since we made this amazing journey through time by boat and steam train through the Medieval towns of...
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Images from Keukenhof — part 1
After a bit of absence from this space, I am back with some colorful spring pictures from our trip to Keukenhof last Sunday. Weather was fantastic with lots of sunshine, blue skies and pleasantly warm...
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Images from Keukenhof — part 2
More images from Keukenhof. If you are unable to make it to Holland in spring, let me bring Holland to you with these pictures… Filed under: Culture, Nature, Netherlands, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged:...
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One lovely spring day at the flower fields
One thing that spring affords me generously is a cost-free trip to seemingly endless floral wonderland. In the Noordoost Polder, there’s over hundred kilometers of flower fields to drive through and...
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Kids on the loose at the gardens of Soestdijk Palace
Happiness is oftentimes just right before our very eyes, ready to be grabbed with both hands and very much willing to be shared and spread around. We never need to look far and wide nor travel to the...
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Hiking in the land where the hills are alive…
As the month of June inch its way, the excitement for the coming summer is starting to gather pace. The past week of glorious sunshine is also fueling that summer holiday feeling. Still lots of...
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Groeneveld Castle in spring
After a very busy week at work and in between was a work-related one day trip to London that saw me rushing very early to the airport to catch the 08:00 a.m. flight and returning very late in the...
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Drive through Grossglockner High Alpine Road
Many say that driving through the hairpin bends of Grossglockner High Alpine Road is the ultimate test for a good driver. There must be some truth to that because this road that goes up to about 3,798...
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The limestone cliffs of Etretat
Monet has immortalized in his canvas the limestone arches and cliffs of Etretat over a century ago. I can imagine why this fishing village along the Atlantic coast fascinated him then and why its charm...
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My lovely memories of Siena
We were in Tuscany three years ago and what a great time it was to spend two glorious weeks of summer in the almost magical Tuscan countryside. I’ve blogged about this Tuscan holiday some months ago...
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