Bonjour mes amis Well we have been having a lovely time at Karen and Steves villa, I have had a couple of days sunbathing and we have been exploring the local scenery. Provence, and this particular area are really beautiful. We are in the Verdon National Park, which has a big lake and a long and deep gorge - I had thought we would go here for a walk on Monday but the gorge has water in it !! However, you can kayak or pedalo the gorge which we would have loved to...

Bonjour (since we are now back in France) Hope you are all well ? We had a lovely time in Florence, and would definitely recommend it as a weekend city break. From Florence we drove across to Pisa for a brief look at the Leaning Tower which was actually pretty impressive and is next to a big cathedral too. You can see the Tower for free, you only pay to climb up inside - since this was exhorbitant, and our legs were still tired from Rome and Florence, we didn't...