Tick tick tick. This travel blog is for the time poor but curious traveller who wants to see at a glance the top three things to tick on every trip. Why three? It keeps my travel blog short and sweet. It also ties in with a triptych, an artistic form from the middle ages which is an arrangement of three pictures together that tell a story.
This off the radar ski resort came to our attention when it joined the EPIC pass in 2022 and we decided to head over with our daughter who was studying in Leeds, UK at the time for a pre-Xmas ski. December is a hit and miss time for many European ski areas and the Andermatt Sedrun area certainly didn’t have as much snow as in its peak time in January […]
With its succulent snow, eye popping peaks and crazy cabaret shows, Val d’Isere is a triple threat when it comes to picturesque, party, ski resorts. We went on a family trip with our teenage daughters so were a little low key on the party side of things but that didn’t stop us from enjoying the afternoon cabaret at La Folie Douce, a glass of après ski gluhwein as we wandered […]
The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region covers a diverse area in France. From the mountains where you can find ritzy resorts like Chamonix to the gastronomic city of Lyon to the sloping vineyards of Beaujolais and the Rhône Valley – there’s loads to do for skiers, hikers, wine and food lovers and cyclists. Parts of the Rhône Valley, particularly around the town of Saint-Maurice-l’Exile has a lot of chemical, energy and maintenance […]