In 2018, we booked a last-minute long weekend vacation to France and picked La Rochelle and neighboring island, Ile de Ré, as our destination. Jeffrey and I both are descended from French Huguenots (protestants who fled Catholic France in the 16th & 17th centuries) – and both of us had family members who landed in Charleston many generations ago (where...
After spending some time in the Alsace region, we slowly made our way to Provence, first staying in Nîmes (with a fun, spontaneous visit from our friend, Marie!) and then heading to the teeny-tiny town of Fontvielle to basecamp with day trips to Avignon and Arles. What can be said about the South of France that hasn’t been said before? We fueled up on pan au...
Luckily, our sweet friend and former au pair is from the Alsace region of France so we’ve been able to visit her hometown a couple of times. This place is straight out of a fairy tale (and actually is the inspiration for Belle’s village in Beauty and the Beast). It’s right on the German border and the tiny little towns are dripping with charm...