Summer Suomi (Part III)

We only spent one night at Tomi’s family’s summer house. In hindsight, after learning that the internet worked there just fine, we should have spent more time there. On the other hand, spending all those rainy and thundestormy days on the small island would have been a lousy idea, since […]

Month of many mays: Vacation Part IV

The Tour of Sarrasine and The Dentelles of Montmirail This post wraps up our short vacation in Southern France, mostly Gard and Vaucluse departments. This hike traveled in Gigondas, that is a French wine Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC) in Southern Rhône wine region, producing mainly red wine and little rosé. […]

Spring Break 2024

This year we returned again to the Briançonnais region in Hautes-Alpes for our winter/spring vacation. However,  we did not stay in the Serre Chevalier valley as we usually have done, but booked the accommodation in the village of Villar-Saint-Pancrace in a different river valley, namely that of Durance, which by […]