Total wellness is more than just physical well being. Total wellness is experiencing well being in every aspect of life, including jobs or career, finances and relationships. Many people experience stress in their relationships due to difficult situations or a lack of a fulfilling and satisfying job or career. Frequently when financial situations improve, relationships…
Our new city, for the remainder of our European adventure, was Sanary Sur Mer. The decision to come back to the south did not disappoint. Once again we found a sizeable apartment overlooking the Sea and walkable distance to the daily marché and beach. This area was getting some unusual rain, so it looked like…
I have to say, we were not sad about leaving Rome. Since arriving in Genova, we felt a sense of anxiety and pressure and although the sites were the most amazing things to see, with so much history and obvious culture, we were not in a state of relaxing for sure. Our last main stop…
Onto my most anticipated cities–Pompeii. We had learned about Pompeii last year and we’re excited to see it come alive. And alive it did! Along with Pisa, this was my other most favourite site we saw in Italy. Pompeii is not just a few blocks of ruins, it is immense in size and nearly completely…
Getting to Rome was easier than we thought it would be and we were anxious to get out and explore. We made camp a bit north of the city center, but still about 10-15 minutes from all the main events. What was most striking is that driving through the city, ruins were everywhere. And then,…
We both begrudgingly and excitedly left Nice for Italy. Ten minutes into the drive, we were there! It’s a funny thing that two countries, exactly right next to each other, with similar roots, can be so different–and so different so fast. Already, the highways were different. Instead of winding along the coastway, causing even the…
I didn’t know how much we would end up enjoying the south of France until we had to leave. It is a retirement dream destination after all, I should have known! We stayed in Hyères, a lively city just east of Toulon, which is east to Marseille (mar say), which is south to Paris by…
The Palace of Versailles. Versailles (verse-eye) used to be the hunting cottage to the king before it turned into the grandeur that it is. We are again grateful to an insider tip to purchase tickets online to avoid the lineup. And a lineup it was. We gratifyingly bypassed the glaring line once again and jaunted…
Like I mentioned before, we had purposefully left the big landmarks for weekdays, hoping to avoid huge crowds. We scored at the Eiffel Tower. There were plenty of tourists and even school kids on a nice field trip but we had no trouble getting our passes to start our 1,664 step workout. The weather had turned a…
Before heading out to go see Le Louvre, we listened to our audio history on the Impressionists Monet, Renoir, Degas and Cassatt. We needed to get our art straight before heading into the massive Louvre. Outside of the metro station we marvelled at the Opera Garnier. We ended up near Champs-Élysées (shahns ay lee zay)…
