Exploring the Port Town of Honfleur
We’re finally back in France! After an amazing trip to Ireland (sooooo nice to hear people speaking English again), we were ready to return to discover the variety of beautiful […]
Category Archives: My Life in France
Stories and accounts from my life in France (October 2013 to present)
Beautiful Brittany: The Pink Granite Coast
Brittany is well-known for rain. You can’t pass a souvenir shop without seeing an umbrella or poncho for sale. In fact, many souvenirs and postcards jokingly make fun of Brittany’s […]
Beautiful Brittany: Cancale, Dinard and Saint Malo
Beautiful Brittany, continued… Brittany (or Bretagne) is full of beautiful small towns, each with its own distinct personality. Here are 3 of the ones we visited… Cancale and the Stunning […]
Magnificent Mont Saint Michel
The most visited attraction in France (outside of Paris) is not a museum, a church, or a monument. It is an entire town, the town of Mont Saint Michel. The […]
Beautiful Brittany: Dinan
I had a few days off of work last month, and I thought it was worth taking a road trip to Brittany (in English), also known as Bretagne (in French) […]
The Cliffs of Etretat
I’ve been in France almost 3 years (!!) and still, I’m always finding out about new places to see and new beauties to explore. Case in point – The Cliffs […]
A Summer’s Day in Bordeaux
When one mentions Bordeaux, what do you think of? Rolling hills covered by vineyards producing some of the best wines of the world? At one time, that was the first […]
Wine Tasting in Saint Emilion
If there is just one word that is synonymous with Bordeaux, it has to be “wine”. Or vin in French. So it would have been almost criminal to visit Bordeaux without […]
Springtime in Giverny
Living in San Francisco, I never fully appreciated the seasons. When the California weather stays between 50 and 70 degrees all year-long, there are always leaves on the trees and flowers […]
Climbing a Massive Sand Dune in Europe
Climbing a sand dune has always been on my bucket list. Going to Morocco was the closest I’ve ever come to the desert, but sadly during the trip I didn’t have […]
