France

Before heading to Chateau Chantilly for the event Concours d’Élégance by the end of September, we spent the Saturday afternoon in Gerberoy, in the department Oise in the Northern part of France. They say it is the smallest town in France and one of the most beautiful ones but actually,…

As I wrote about our holidays last summer in Ariège here, I also wanted to mention some nice places we discovered in the neighboring department – Aude. Aude is already part of the Languedoc-Roussillon region but as we stayed close to Mirepoix, which is already almost at the border of…

Last summer during a family visit and stay in Ariège, a beautiful southwestern department of France (see the previous post about beautiful places in Ariège), we decided to go for a hike in the Pyrenées. I was scrolling through Instagram for ideas for a half-day and easy to mid-difficult hike…

Last summer we had a chance to spend some time with Steven’s parents in the South of France, where we all had a lovely holiday. During our stay, we discovered some beautiful places in Ariège in the Midi-Pyrénées (now merged with Languedoc-Roussillon into the Occitanie region), which turned out amazing!…

One of the late September weekends, I flew to Bordeaux where I met with my Czech friends. The plan was to enjoy a nice girls´ trip – to discover the city, but also to rent a car and do a short road trip around with some wine tasting, as we…

Somewhere in March last year, we decided with friends to spend the June‘s long weekend in Alsace and so I had the chance to explore this charming French region for the first time. As you may know, I love wine as I love both road trips and France and so…

Some time ago during a long weekend in May, I had a chance to visit a lovely corner of France – Normandy. In 4 days we visited Deauville, Mont Saint Michel, the D-Day Landing beaches, Caen, and Honfleur, tasted Camembert cheese and pancakes or some typical drinks such as Cider,…

Last year in June, I got to visit the still quite new museum of contemporary art in Paris, the Louis Vuitton Foundation located in Bois de Boulogne. This majestic and elegant building is a masterpiece of contemporary architecture and definitely needs a visit when in Paris, you will be blown…

If you still haven´t done your winter holidays plans, let me help you with the decision making! Today I will tell you something about skiing in Les Trois Vallées, an excellent ski area situated in the department Savoie in France. As its name suggests, it covers a territory of 3…

Even though we have a nice Christmas market in Brussels, we love to visit other markets in the neighborhood. Here are my favorite Christmas markets worth a day trip from Brussels. Whether you are in Brussels or anywhere close by, check these out! 😉   Monschau, Germany Monschau is a…