Little French Paradise

This year our holiday was not near the sea ... kind of disconcerting, given our history. But when the holiday planning fell in the middle of another move and a pregnancy, you just kind of go along and "jump" at the chance. Lucky us, we have really organised and thoughtful friends who happened to book a house in the Dordogne region in France and invited us three to share a holiday week with them.

We started the trip a little worried, not having really researched anything about the place. We bought a guide a couple of days before our departure!  we even underestimated our travel plans by a few hours, well between 8-10 hours of car travel, there is not much difference really.

We left Luxembourg (a dreary and rainy Luxembourg week) and headed for the South West of France. Blue skies welcomed us a few hours into the trip and we fixed our smiles and looked ahead. Sebastian, the ever good traveler, wasn't even bothered by having to sit on his car-seat for that long.

And that's how we started a week in one of the many French heavens, La Dordogne, the land of foie gras, truffle and nuts.

Our house was a few minutes from Sarlat, a medieval village with a lot of beautiful spots, shutters painted in a very special shade of blue and little corners full of surprises. We had a great encounter with a shopkeeper who gave us 4 truffles and explained us how to make a good truffle omelet.

Sebastian enjoyed the whole week, Dad made pancakes more often than usual, we all jumped in the pool and the kids chased and run around enjoying the fresh air and the forest.

All in all a beautiful week. Now are we all ready for school???

The complete album here

- A

Our summer holiday

Our little summer escape took us to Sicily. Beach, sun and blue blue skies ... and of course some wonderful food.

We spend a few days at a beautiful hotel in Palermo and then headed to Cefalú for a week where Sebastian met a beautiful Sicilian - Gloria - and proceeded to have his first summer fling :)

Chuck and I got so tanned, (hey we did use 50+ protection!) we are having trouble remembering how pale we were before the trip.

Our highlights:

1. If you get a chance stay at the Villa Igiea in Palermo, you'll be treated like a king
2. Italians love children so you'll never feel bad about taking your small child to a restaurant
3. Try a new flavour of gelato every day and don't be scared of the brioche gelato!
4. Meet the locals and do as they do, like coming back to the beach at 5pm and stay until past 7pm  ...

And if you need any details about our trip just email us, I will be happy to give you all our tips.

- A