August 2020 – Heather

For the second week of our trip, we stayed in the small village of Saorge in the Maritime Alps on the Roya river. We had an amazing terrace with a view over the valley and the constant sound of the rushing water. There were cute, little villages all along the river all the way to the coast. We visited a few coastal cities as well – Ventimiglia (Italy, but on the border), Menton (very cute French village, I recommend!) and then Nice.

Boys looking out from our terrace

View from terrace to the left

Dinner on the terrace

View from the terrace

River Roya with our village of Saorge above

Måns

Leo

Heather

Max

Heather and Max swimming in the river

Max and Leo

Max, Måns and Leo - album cover - Songs of a Cold River

Måns at the little French cafe in our village

French Max

Our very French poses

The village of Sospel

When in France, you must eat crepes

The beach in Ventimiglia

Ventimiglia beach

Briel-sur-Roya

Getting hit by waves at the beach in Menton

Ulysses statue in Menton

Leo, Måns and Max in Menton

Heather in Menton

Walking around Nice

Neptune may not wear underwear, but he does wear a mask!

Max, Heather and Leo in Nice

Spent our first week of a 2-week vacation in the Piemonte region of Italy. We stayed in a huge apartment over a winery, surrounded by vineyards. The week was mostly filled with eating lunch in different little towns. All museums were closed and there wasn’t much to do, but our apartment had air conditioning, which was a treat for us!