Seven weeks looking after two cats, one dog and two fish in a little French mediaeval town in the Pays de la Loire region? Why not, we thought when we applied for the ‘job’ through the Mind my Home app. It would be a nice opportunity to settle into a touch of French life – which is what we came away for after all! The first surprise came when we […]
After enjoying the wine routes and little villages of the Alsace region we decided to wind along another wine route a little further west and this time embarked on the Route des Grands Crus, which starts in Dijon and follows the old N74,newly renamed D974 road all the way down to Beaune. It is a beautiful drive along narrow wine-lined country roads past the grand entrances to the big wine […]
We spent a few weeks exploring the picture-book villages, towering chateaus, ancient wineries and stunning countryside in the Alsace in early August and found the multi-cultural area captivating. If the Alsace region in France were a mix-tape it would feature the tracks from the Sound of Music, accordion Volkesmusic and a few chansons française. Such is the mash-up of French, German and Austrian cultures in this mid-east region of France […]