Day: 21-22 (Day 5 & 6 in Paris) Km travelled:18.07km Steps:28,229 September 27th – 28th, 2017 We had been blessed so far in Paris with beautiful blue skies and mild to warm temperatures. Today was no exception. Perfect day for exploring some of the city’s gems by foot! It is relatively easy to navigate Paris’ Read More
Day: 20 (Day 4 in Paris) Km travelled:10,192 Steps: 6.52km September 26th, 2017 Fashion fades, style is eternal – Yves Saint-Laurent, Head Designer for the House of Dior 1957-1960 While in Normandy, one of my travel companion had stumbled upon the fact that there was a special retrospect exhibit in Paris about the House of Read More
Day: 18 Km travelled: 8.44km Steps: 13,195 Honour Nourishes The Arts – Cicero September 24th, 2017 If you were to ask any foreign visitors to describe France in one word, you would have an assortment of responses that would inevitably include words like culture, tourist, Eiffel, baguette, wine, fashion, cheese, etc. One that might Read More
Day: 16-17 Km Travelled: 745.17km Steps: 20,259 September 22nd – 23rd, 2017 This famous saying by the great Audrey Hepburn might ring true for some, but it did not for me. I had visited Paris 4 years prior and while I had enjoyed finally laying eyes on all the famous sights, I was in no Read More
Day: 15 Km travelled: 116.51km Steps: 15,167 September 21st, 2017 On my last full day of the visit, I had the opportunity to visit the nearby city of Toulouse, known as ‘La Ville Rose’, as many of its buildings are constructed with a distinctive pink stone. Situated south of Paris, between the Mediterranean and Atlantic oceans, Read More
Day: 12- 16 Km travelled: 893.43 km Steps: 33, 800 September 18th-22nd, 2017 As the dawn slowly faded into the midday sun, so did my time in champagne. All good things must come to an end. Except in my case this year, as one marvellous experience morphed into a faded memory deemed for the scrapbook, Read More
Day: 10-12 (Eparnay, Champagne Region, France) Km travelled: 801.83 km Steps: 28, 933 Champagne glasses: Best not to keep count… September 16th-18th 2017 I awoke bright and early in my prison sleeper train middle bunk, ready to greet the wonderful weekend that awaited me in the Champagne region! (Correction: I awoke several times in those early Read More
Day: 9 (Marseille) Km travelled: 42.68km Steps: 16,850 September 15th, 2017 If I owned Marseille and Hell, I’d rent out Marseille and live in Hell. – John McCarthy While Mr. McCarthy might have a flair for the dramatic, he was not entirely off the mark with that comment. This city in the French Riviera Read More
Day: 7 (Lourmarin, Roussillon, Gordes & Avignon) Km travelled: 205km Steps: 14, 223 September 13th 2017 There are 155 French villages that have the honor of being classified as one of the ‘Plus Beaux Villages de France”. The Vaucluse department (the area of Provence-Alps-Cote d’Azur in which Aix-en-Provence is located) boasts 7 of these villages. Read More
Day: 5 – 10 (Aix-en-Provence) Km travelled: 954.68km Steps: 62 478 September 11th-15th 2017 I am in love! I’ve been seduced. I’ve fallen head over heels. I’ve found my soul mate. As I write this my heart is racing and there are butterflies in my stomach. The minute I laid eyes on my beloved, I Read More