We spent the second week at Tomi’s parents’ house in Kangaslampi in Eastern Finland. Kangaslampi is another Finnish commune on the brink of extinction — the school was closed this summer. Its only hope is to cater to Summer tourism and visitors who have their Summer houses in the area. […]
Les Angles (Gard) On the third day we wanted to avoid driving (and more sitting), so we searched for hikes in the neighborhood, and found an extensive network of trails starting just behind the house. After 200 meters we came up to an interesting cave system ‘Carrere du Trou de […]
The last but one hike (14.2K in 4h 55mins, D+/D- 695m) on this vacation took us to above and below the caves of Jaubernie. These fortified caves were used as a hiding place by people who were persecuted for their religious beliefs during the religious wars in the 17th and […]
On Sunday (3.3.) we visited the cave in La Balme-les-Grottes. We are not really great fans of caves, but this one looked interesting, safe, and not too far a drive away. On our way to the caves, we had a little walk in and around a small town of Le […]