We spent a week in Mauroux, a tiny hamlet on the Lot river, in early May and discovered a dozen incredibly beautiful bastides, chateaus and fortified towns in the area. A quick word on<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/a-dozen-dazzling-french-towns-in-the-lot-and-dordogne/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>
We had a little apartment for our wonderful week in Toulouse in the Saint Cyprien district on the gauche side of the Garonne river, which according to the apartment owner used to be a<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/lose-your-heart-to-toulouse-and-terrific-surrounding-towns-in-spring/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>
We fulfilled a bucket list dream that started back in 1994 when we were freshly engaged and exploring Europe in an old Mitsubishi L300 carpenters van. We were en route to take the Hurtigruten<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/northern-lights-on-the-hurtigruten-coastal-cruise-kirkenes-to-bergen/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>