Author Archives: Art & Heidi Bellis

Leaving Taillades, we travelled north again to Lyon, where we enjoyed a week in the lovely home of our friend Marie-Agnes and her family.  Her son, Arthur, attended UBC in Vancouver last year where we met him, and we looked forward to discovering Lyon for the first time and seeing them again!  Lyon is aContinue reading “Lyon, the City of Food”

Les Plus Beaux Villages de France The route south from Lyon to Provence can be done quickly via major highway or more slowly using the side roads to experience the lovely countryside with vineyards and lavender fields. We chose the latter. Our goal was to see as many of Les Plus Beaux Villages (the mostContinue reading “Our Amazing Stay in Provence”

These days were not particularly noteworthy as we spent no more than one night in each spot.  So I will summarize as follows: We hit 4 countries in one day: breakfast in Holland, morning coffee in Belgium, lunch in Luxembourg and dinner in France; It was, in fact, only possible to know which country weContinue reading “Onward to Provence”

Arnhem, Netherlands Our main reason to pop into Holland was to visit with Heidi’s cousin, Ilona, and her fiancé, Andre.  They hosted us for a few days at their lovely little holiday home and showed us around the charming town.  Arnhem, in addition to being yet another lovely and picturesque old town (yes yet anotherContinue reading “Babberich-Maastricht”

FrankfurtWe spent the night in Frankfurt to try to adjust to the time change, went to the old town, and ate dinner in a very old restaurant beside the “oldest brewery in the world”! Spring in Germany is Spargel Fest! This white asparagus, spargel, is so beloved that it is featured on every restaurant menuContinue reading “Our European Adventure Begins in Germany”

Neubrandenburg This is a beautiful old walled town dating back to the 1200s. The wall itself is complete and all the watch tower ‘houses’ have been converted into cafes, bars, offices and homes. Inside the walls is a magnificent gothic church (which has become a concert hall in its new life), a business and shoppingContinue reading “Neubrandenburg and Berlin”

We had hot weather and wonderful roads to ride through the Saxony countryside. As has become the norm, we choose our route based on milestones along the way, in this case anywhere to cool off from the unseasonably hot temperatures.  We found lakes to stop at, but when we couldn’t we improvised by finding theContinue reading “Berlin to Münster”