Our last stop: England with mom and home.

She came through the International Arrivals terminal in a camouflage hunting jacket.  We were eagerly waiting her arrival with sparkly hair-bands tied all over our heads (a gift she’d sent us while we… Continue reading

Venizia!

When we left the farm we were headed to Venice. We rented a car in a nearby town called San Remo then took off. We drove through Italian farmland listening to Italian radio… Continue reading

San Martino. Imperia, Italy

The olive harvest began a week before our arrival so the morning after we arrived we were thrown into the midst of the work.  Alberto rents land in various places around Imperia and… Continue reading

Europe Road Trip with Dad Elder

Freedom at its best began when we drove away from the Charles DeGaul Airport: a car, three silly girls, a big guy to protect them, and EUROPE to explore! We drove to Normandy… Continue reading

Paris!

the line to enter the Louvre! We thought that was bad, and then the umbrellas came out…oh, the il pluit of Paris!   Within a five minute walk towards where we were staying… Continue reading

Castles, Couscous, and leaving La Villatade

Most mornings were initiated by swimming in the pool, walks or runs on the roads surrounding La Villatade, or rides on Java with Bob Dylan trotting along behind. Denis and Sophie let us… Continue reading

A Weekend in Toulouse

We are still behind. We are currently on our way to Germany with Dad Elder (which we are ecstatic about!) but we will have to tell about that soon. For now, we are… Continue reading

Pictures of France

Here are some pictures of our past month in France…  A few at the beginning were taken by one of Sophie and Denis’ friends who is a professional photographer and graciously shared some… Continue reading

Harvest…in words

We arrived at Carcassonne from Le Pouligeun the 7th of September(yes, we realize it’s been nearly a MONTH since we updated the blog)…  We were concerned that we were about to begin a… Continue reading

Harvest at La Villatade-pictures