I’m on a road trip along Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast and after two days of being (mostly) good while we drove and walked around old towns, I was finally rewarded with a day sailing trip to the Dalmatian Islands. If you’ve been following along on my travels, you know that I love to swim. My mom […]
Emma’s Favorite Dog Friendly Beaches
When I lived in Phoenix, AZ, I didn’t have to worry about dog friendly beaches. I had my very own swimming pool right in my backyard. From the day my mom and dad declared the new pool officially open, I loved to swim. Ask me if I wanted to go for a W-A-L-K or a […]
No Dogs Allowed in the City of Popes
Avignon is just a short drive away from our base in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence so we decided to go check out the ancient, fortified city. As soon as we arrived and started our stroll from the parking garage down the Rue de la Republique, the city’s main central boulevard, we came to a park with a No […]
If Van Gogh Had a Dog
Monastery Saint-Paul-de-Mausole is the psychiatric hospital where Vincent Van Gogh incarcerated himself from May 1889 to May 1890, just before his death. It still functions as a psychiatric hospital today with 67 short-stay beds. Part of the hospital where Van Gogh stayed is open to the public. Van Gogh painted some of his most famous […]
A Sea of Lavender at Abbey de Senanque
My mom was convinced that we would definitely find lavender fields at the Abbey de Senanque, just outside the village of Gordes. And she was right! We wound down a narrow road, hugging the rocky ridge toward the Abbey on Les Routes de Lavande. Abbey de Senanque was founded in 1148 by Cistercian monks. They […]
