Monthly Archives: October 2014

Get ready to gain some weight… We arrived into Paris mid-morning on a beautiful bright-blue sky, sunny day and made our way to our apartment in the 11th Arrondissement (doesn’t that sound très fab?? It is! I hope you are … Continue reading →

Ah, Lyon…. the BF and I fell in love with this jewel of a city, the third-largest in France, based on one short afternoon we spent here in 2005.  Gorgeous, tucked in and around the Rhone and the Saône, sitting … Continue reading →

The BF and I met Sam, a lovely Brit living in France, when we sat next to her and her then-partner at an ethnically diverse (mexican food, curries, etc.)  restaurant in 2005, in the South of France – Arles, to … Continue reading →

Donostia continued… Akelare was wonderful.  The location, high above the beautiful Bay of Biscay, the service, impeccable and warm, and of course, the food.  We opted for two different menus so that we could taste each other’s, the Aranori and … Continue reading →

We arrived in San Sebastian and immediatly began eating.  How could we not?  Our apartment was smack-dab on the best street for pintxos in the old part of town, where no cars may go.  Our landlady was late in meeting … Continue reading →