Our visit in Chamonix was rather fast. Unfortunately, it was cloudy and the famous summit was not visible from the village. Chamonix is a mecca of mountaineering for the Alps region and a well-known ski resort in Europe. It’s a small pleasant village and like any other ski resort it is full of hotels and sport stores of the most ...

Côte d’Azur (French Riviera) was one of the most awaited places during our western European part of the trip. Considered by many to be the most beautiful coast in the world, ideal for sunbathing in posh maritime towns like Nice, Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Saint-Raphael or Menton. But is it really that great? On the way to Côte d’Azur, we stopped in ...

We left snowy and cold Andorra behind and drove east to Montpellier. It was our first stop in France. We spend a nice and calm morning in the old part of the city. The weather was sunny and bright again. We started our visit at Arc de Triomphe. It is located next to Place Royale du Peyrou, an elegant promenade, ...

Home of high mountains, free tax shops and great ski slopes. Many people come to this small country lost in the Pyrenees mountains between France and Spain for its cheap prices. As we were driving by car, the first thing we noticed was that the gasoline price was much lower than in Andorra’s neighboring countries (around 20-30 euro cents cheaper). ...

We are sitting by the Zurriola beach, the sun is finally shining. We are eating a tasty Campero sandwich from a nearby Campero bar, watching a body board competition that we encountered by coincidence. Four bikes are standing next to us, as our hosting couple Mayra and Aritz, very friendly and sporty architects, took us for a cycling visiting tour ...