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Yvoire Castle on Lake Geneva We scheduled one of our sight seeing day this week on a rain day and headed our to the medieval town of Yvoire. Located on the French side of Lake Geneva (or as the French call it Lac Leman) it was about an hour's drive from our place in Combloux. We were blown away by the beauty and charm of this colorful little village. One of the Village Entrances Jardin des Cinq Sens Turns out we were lucky to visit Yvoire on a rain day as it is a very popu

Village Center in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgues When we were planning our two weeks in Provence the big question was where do we stay? There are so many great choices; the bigger cities of Aix, Avignon, Arles or the smaller villages of Gordes & St. Remy. Eventually we settled on L'Isle-sur-la Sorgue. We had never heard of it before starting our research but it sounded unique and the town checked so many boxes. It was central to everything we wanted to see (and we saw quite a bit)

A View of Gordes When you do the research on an area for places to go sometimes you get it right and sometimes you flop. And every so often you fall in love with a place that keeps calling you back. Gordes is one of those places. On the Hiking Trail in Gordes Pineapple Carpaccio in a Vanilla Bourbon with Passion Fruit Sorbet & Meringue at L'Estellan We have found ourselves back at Gordes several times. Whether it is sightseeing, making the village part of a hiking route, h

Cauterets August 3, 2026 As an avid bike rider I have watched many Tour d' France races over the years and witnessed some of the great mountain stage battles in the French Pyrenees vowing to one day make it a bucket list visit. After many years, hours of research and coordinating our efforts with the 2026 Tour d' France schedule we settled on Cauterets as a home base for our Pyrenees holiday. Cauterets is a beautiful spa town located about two hours from Toulouse. It is cen

Team Bora at the sign in before the start of Stage 6 in Pau July 10-11 2026 As an avid rider I have always dreamed of seeing the Tour de France. With generous retirement gifts from family, friends and former colleagues we were finally able to see two days of the tour. At the Stage 5 event our VIP section was positioned 25 meters from the finish line. We snacked on some great food including duck breast & peach skewers along with some wonderful berry & banana sorbet prepared