Auvergne — Hiking in the French Highland (Part II)

Welcome to the second part of our Auvergne adventure.  The weather continued to pamper us. Day 7: Orcival and La Roche Branlante We were on our way to Mont-Dore and Puy-de -Sancy, when we decided to visit the little idyllic, albeit very touristy, town of Orcival we had seen a […]

Auvergne — Hiking in the French Highland (Part I)

We spent 11 days hiking on mountains and exploring villages in the Massif Central, a highland area in the South-Central France in Auvergne region (department of Puy-de-Dôme)  that consists of plateaus and extinct volcanoes (altogether about 450 of them of which 115 are in Chaîne des Puys, the youngest and […]

From Grenoble to Vienne and ViaRhôna to Valence

This is a quick post about our weekend trip to Vienne (Isère) to Joan Baez’s farewell tour concert “Fare Thee Well”. We bought the ticket well in advance, but decided on the last minute — we had contemplated the idea before, though —  that it would be a great bicycle […]

Few notes on Airbnb experiences

This post is extempore and inspired by our recent stay in Vienne. Since 2013 we’ve almost exclusively stayed at Airbnb accommodations during our travels, and we’ve done it in many countries: Finland, France, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and UK. While […]