It’s hard not to love a city with big outdoor art, like this butterfly made of flowers along a pedestrian street in Murcia, Spain. There was also a traveling street art show display nearby with images and historical descriptions of famous Renaissance paintings that are currently housed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. We
Turin (or “Torino” if you’re Italian) was our favorite city on this trip. I guess we saved the best for last! It’s a large city, about one million people, but it felt approachable and welcoming to us the moment we arrived. One of the treats we enjoyed was this coffee specialty of Turin: the Bicerin
We have loved the gorgeous cathedrals we’ve seen across France, from the simple to the ornate, but France doesn’t have the market cornered on them. We’ve looked at so many stunning cathedrals across Italy during this trip. The one above is in Verona, where we spent several days. See also the one below: Verona has
As I mentioned in my last post, we’re vacationing in Italy and it’s been a great time so far. We’ve spent the last three days in Bergamo, a smallish city an hour northeast of Milan. It’s set on three levels, across seven hills: Citta Bassa (Lower Town), Citta Alta (Upper Town), and the top level:
Winter weather has been pretty extreme just about everywhere this year. Western Europe has had tons of rain and as such, a lot of flooding. Angers has experienced flooding conditions that apparently rival the floods of 1995. In the picture above, the water you see is covering a street which has been impassable for 2-3
It’s been a big ten days for us here in Angers, filled with good times and meaningful wins! We’re grateful for all that’s transpired. First, you may remember that we’ve been studying both the book above and online since September for our written driving test, the first part of getting our French driving licenses. Last
The New Year has arrived and with it, a chance to look back at the exciting Christmas week holiday we spent with one of our children who came to visit us in Angers. It was a fun week and we kept busy, despite it being bitterly cold and each of us getting mildly sick with
The Christmas Market season is upon us and we walked through one of them recently in downtown Angers, complete with a Ferris Wheel, mulled wine and hot cocoa, traditional French foods like tartiflette and crêpes, roasted chestnuts, and a variety of gift items and handmade goods for sale. While not as spectacular as the Christmas
We have so much to be thankful for, living in the lovely Loire Valley in France. We count our blessings in all of these areas: Though we are missing our friends and family in the U.S., we hope that each of you are able to share time, meals, and traditions this week with those you
France changed from daylight savings time this past weekend and for the first time, our evening activities this week have happened in the twilight/dark. Greg snapped this lovely photo of the Cathédrale Saint-Maurice d’Angers on Sunday looking beautiful while the bells tolled on our way to dinner at a friend’s house. This was definitely an