Lofoten Islands: Whygo.com Photo of the Day!
One of my photos from Norway’s Lofoten Islands has been selected as today’s Whygo.com’s “Photo of the Day”! To see more photos of Norway, see my post from this summer or the Norway gallery of my photo...
View ArticleMy Lofoten Islands Photo on BootsnAll’s Whygo.com!
Another of my photos from Norway’s Lofoten Islands has been selected as today’s Whygo.com’s “Photo of the Day”! To see more photos of Norway, see my post from this summer or the Norway gallery of my...
View ArticleMy Photo of Norway’s Vesteralen Islands on BootsnAll’s Whygo.com!
My photo from the Queen’s Route in the Vesterålen Islands has been selected as today’s Whygo.com’s “Photo of the Day”! To see more photos of Norway, see my post from this summer or the Norway gallery...
View ArticleBrittany: My Home Away from Home and the Île-aux-Moines
L’Île-aux-Moines It’s official! I now have a “second home” in Brittany. I use the quotes around “second home” because (as you know if you have been following my series on Buying Property in Paris) I...
View ArticleHiking in Brittany: Île d’Arz
As promised, over the next two months I will post a series of ideas for day hikes in Brittany’s southern department, the Morbihan. The hike on Île d’Arz, described below, is the perfect complement to...
View ArticleHiking in Brittany: L’île de Houat and L’île Hoëdic
Île de Houat This is part of my series on ideas for day hikes in Brittany’s southern department of the Morbihan. Please also see my earlier posts on Île-aux-Moines and Île d’Arz. Île de Houat Île de...
View ArticleThe Greek Islands: Hydra
In late August, I traveled with my family to Greece. It was my first visit since 1999, when I spent two weeks in Athens, the Peloponnese, Santorini, Ios and the mainland, including the Pelion...
View ArticleThe Greek Islands: Naxos
Earlier this week, I shared my thoughts on a recent trip to the island of Hydra, in Greece’s Saronic Islands. We spent the second half of our Greece trip on the island of Naxos, in the Cyclades. It...
View ArticleEscape to Île de Groix, Brittany
I thought that with all this wintery weather, a flashback to my day on Île de Groix this past summer would be an encouraging topic for this week’s post. Île de Groix is an island not far off the coast...
View ArticleA Night on Belle-Île-en-Mer
Belle-Île-en-Mer lies 14 kilometers from Quiberon, off the coast of the Morbihan, and at approximately 17 kilometers by 9 kilometers, it is the largest island of Brittany’s islands. Belle-Île, as it’s...
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