Sanilhac in the Ardèche is what we’d call “in the boonies”. It has a population of about 300 people and the setting is just beautiful. We stayed at La Bastide de Sanilhac and it was beautifully renovated, relaxing, and it had…
I love to go to places that are off the beaten track and are not on necessarily on the usual list of “best places to visit in France”; not because they aren’t worthwhile, but perhaps they are small or very local. The Ardèche…
On a drizzly August day in the Haute-Loire region of France, we drove through the Auvergne hills and reached La Ferme des Frères Perrel. One thing I love about visiting this type of place is that it is off the…
The city of Lyon is not far from my husband’s home village and we like to hang out there when we go to France. The two rivers, the Saône and the Rhône, divide the arrondissements (neighborhoods) into three sections. Vieux Lyon,…
I’m living in San Francisco, a city of Victorian and Edwardian buildings surrounded by the fog that comes in each summer. Spring and autumn are as clear as any other place and it feels like such a different city when…
