Day of the Dead – at San Miguel de Allende
Last month we traveled to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico to experience our first Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). San Miguel de Allende is a city located in the … Read More
Year: 2014
Final Two (Glorious) Pyrénées Hikes
We’ve somehow pleased the weather gods. We took Wednesday off, and that worked perfectly as it was foggy and misty most of the day. We took a stroll around some … Read More
One of our Favorite Hikes – Hospice de France
We’ve done some great hikes around Luchon, but our best of the trip was a loop that we completed from the Hospice de France. The Hospice de France, dating from … Read More
Bagnères-de-Luchon, France
We would highly recommend Villa Portillon. It is located on a quiet street just a block off the main street. The English owners, Michael and Annette, have updated the property … Read More
A Week on the GR10: Hendaye to Auberge Logibar
We spent a little over a week on the GR10 from Hendaye to Logibar. The hiking was varied and gorgeous, and very up and down. Now we see why the … Read More
From Syria: Erin Trieb’s Photos
We interrupt our travel blog to bring you these photos published by NBCNews.com today. Our daughter and photojournalist, Erin Trieb, was in Iraq and Syria for the past month. The … Read More
Hiking the GR 10 – Basque Country
Yesterday, we started our hike on the French hiking trail called the GR 10. GR stands for Grande Randonnée, and the “10” is just one of many. The Grande Randonnée … Read More
The Saint-Tropez of Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot arrived in Saint-Tropez with her then husband, the director Roger Vadim, to film ‘And God Created Woman’ in 1956, and transformed the peaceful fishing village overnight into a … Read More