“The gladdest moment in human life, is a departure into unknown lands" Sir Richard Burton
How did we pick Rick Steves' Best of the French Riviera in 7 Days?
Ashley recognized their vacation decisions continued to be "Which all inclusive resort should we choose in Mexico?" (Not a bad thing!) However, she really wanted to break free from that "Mexicoma" and head to Europe.
Ashley's mom had spoken highly of these tours and sent her the 2014 Rick Steves' Europe Tours book for ideas. As she flipped through the pages, she had visions of a traditional European vacation to the Eiffel Tower in Paris or the Colosseum in Rome. Mike flipped through the pages and in less than 5 minutes he picked the South of France in 7 Days Tour. Ashley's first reaction was "what's there?" Mike's response, "Monaco and the Grand Prix Race Track." So yes, we picked this trip for the purpose of one city! (as you follow the story it would appear Mike also had his own Memorable Moment planned on a particularly special day of our trip) However, after our 7 days, it's our belief that EVERYONE should travel to the South of France. It has so much to offer that we did not originally recognize! |
Meet Your Travelers!
Ashley is a Director of Pharmacy in Wisconsin, spending her days legally “drug dealing”. She is the art lover, spending countless hours at the Milwaukee Art Museum, and strolling around the Roman Forum until her tour group nearly left her behind. In contrast, Mike is an IT Manager at a successful startup company in Illinois. His passion is cars and photography, but his furthest trip requiring a passport had been Cancun.
After traveling together, we decided we would make the leap together to Europe! We hope to share our experience through stories, pictures, trip tips, and daily snapshots inspiring others to visit the French Riviera!
After traveling together, we decided we would make the leap together to Europe! We hope to share our experience through stories, pictures, trip tips, and daily snapshots inspiring others to visit the French Riviera!
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Trip Tips - As we describe our journey, we will share “Trip Tips” along the way. These Trip Tips were advice shared with us prior to our trip or information we learned along the way. We would like to now share with other travelers prior to visiting the French Riviera.
Daily Snapshot - At the end of each day we will provide a summary of the things we would recommend, highlight memorable moments, as well as things we would do differently. Given the fact Mike's inner "Ansel Adams" came out during the trip, we thought it was only appropriate to call this summary the "Daily Snapshot"
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