A few years ago, we finally had to suck it up and spend Christmas together. This meant that one of us would miss Christmas with their family and, because this prospect was hugely unpalatable, the tradition of Fake Christmas was born. Fake Christmas or Faux Noel can occur anytime in the six or so weeks … Continue reading Getting a bit too settled at home
France
Five countries in five days – The final leg of our European tour
We had to drop Delaney off in Lille and with another 4 countries on the agenda in the interim we had a pretty epic drive ahead of us with some sightseeing on the way. We headed east back towards Italy with the plan of making it to Switzerland to camp that evening but this proved … Continue reading Five countries in five days – The final leg of our European tour
A day in Venice, two hours in Florence and very happy birthday in Provence
Thus far our route had made some vague sense despite covering an ambitious amount of ground in a short period of time. Over the next few days all common sense went out the window as we had a date to keep in the south of France. Caro’s mum was celebrating a milestone birthday and, unbeknownst … Continue reading A day in Venice, two hours in Florence and very happy birthday in Provence
The start of our European tour
Once we had made our decision to explore Europe, we needed to find a campervan, our preferred mode of travel. This turned out to be a fairly challenging undertaking at the last minute in summer but James was persistent and finally tracked one down. This large hurdle crossed, it was pretty straight forward organising ourselves. … Continue reading The start of our European tour
“A sabbatical from our sabbatical” – Part 2: France, Italy, Germany, France again and back to England
We’d stayed still for all of 12 hours so it was definitely time to move again and we were up with the sparrows on the Tuesday morning following the Bank holiday to fly to Nice and Caro’s parents’ house. This too was a pit-stop on the way to Italy for Caro’s brother’s wedding and on … Continue reading “A sabbatical from our sabbatical” – Part 2: France, Italy, Germany, France again and back to England
Post-Wedding Recovery in Provence, France
We are very fortunate in that my parents live in Provence and we have spent at least two weeks every year enjoying the amazing food and beautiful weather that the South of France has to offer, not to mention excellent, if slightly batty, company. And so, the Wednesday following our wedding found us, with mum … Continue reading Post-Wedding Recovery in Provence, France
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