We have wanted to visit Venice for many years, and last week we finally were able to do that. Our reaction: highly mixed. It’s an amazingly beautiful city and we loved walking along the canals, but we also saw what tourism is doing to this ancient city, and it ain’t pretty.
(Full post)Ever since we arrived in mid-May, Hervé Rufin has been trying to organize a Saturday night visit to the chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte for the candle-light visit. Finally, last Saturday the stars aligned and we made it.
(Full post)We’ve been living in the village of Samois-sur-Seine for almost two months now (our house-sit ends next Monday and we’ll be homeless for a while…) so I think it’s time to post some pictures about Samois.
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