A Strasbourg Christmas

I wasn't planning on making another Christmas decoration post but I had an unexpected chance to take a trip up to Strasbourg this week.  As I have mentioned before,  Strasbourg has a huge Christmas market every year  that draws huge crowds of people.  We didn't go to visit the Christmas market though,  we instead wandered the streets away from the markets  and...

Marché de Noël

In the region of Alsace here in France, Christmas is a big deal.  The market in Strasbourg is considered one of the most famous markets in the world.  It draws around 2 million visitors each year,  some of them booking their hotel a year in advance. It is also one of the oldest markets,  history showing they have been happening since  around 1570.  Seeing...

The High Road

When we first discovered our house up here on the mountain, our introduction was the road. This long hill to climb to reach the goal. We knew from the start we could not drive up it. Maybe if we owned a little car but not our Vito. So one of the things we had to decide on before we bought our chalet was were we willing to accept that limitation. We were and we did but I know...