Tende and the Valley of Merveilles – 28 March 09

In our search for the Bearded Vulture we were pointed by Richard Zink, which is in charge of the monitoring of this amazing bird in the Alps, towards the Mercantour National Park. The park which covers 6 valleys and several summits that are over 3000 m high, has an astonishing biodiversity and this eastern part [...]

The giant “Nef Solaire”

If you travel on the highway from Lyon to Marseille, one of the great places to stop and relax are the interesting motorway “aire”. These “aire” are not simple parkings, but more like green oasis, a suitable environment for relaxing, refreshing and recovering during the long, hard journeys. Some of them, besides the often dubious [...]

On the French Riviera

On our way to Mercantour and Alpi Maritimi National/Natural Parks we decided to visit St. Tropez, a place which as far as I saw looked quite pretty if you are more for nice architecture and fancy beaches…after all you are on the Cote d’Azur. St. Tropez is also known among others from the comedian [...]

From Austria to France

After a very long drive for me, in which we passed through Germany, Switzerland we finally reached France.
If you are planning to do a driving trip like we did, there are a few things you should know. Switzerland requires a vignette and ofcourse they do not have a transit vignette, thus you will have to [...]