by Leigh | Sep 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Strausbourg is something out a fairytale. The timber-framed construction, the rooflines, the delicious wine and fabulous restaurants, it is wonderful! We rented a little apartment right in the heart of town and had a wonderful time getting to know the city. The city...
by Leigh | Sep 16, 2018 | Germany, Motorcycle
So…..we decided to rent a car and drive the Autobahn! Next stop Baden Baden. Baden-Baden is a famous thermal spa town in southwestern Germany, at the northwestern border of the Black Forest. People from all over Europe flock to Baden Baden to enjoy their...
by Leigh | Sep 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today we got to relax a little and spend some time in Lutz. Lutz is a sweet little town that is known slate mining. We really enjoyed the owner Sonnenblick Hotel, Bern. He and his staff could not have made us feel more welcome or treated us any better. Late in the...
by Leigh | Sep 9, 2018 | Germany, Motorcycle
Today was a lovely ride. We found ourselves on a ferry boat, riding through the hills, seeing more castles and enjoying Germany. We had a small issue with our back tire, but thankfully Adam had purchased an ADAC membership, which is an absolute must over here, and...
by Leigh | Sep 7, 2018 | Germany, Motorcycle
This morning we got up and said farewell to our sweet hotel, geared up, and hopped on the bike to go find the castle. http://sassqueen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_8124-1.movThe castle Berg Eltz was amazing!!!Built over 1000 years ago, the Eltz family still...
by Leigh | Sep 6, 2018 | Germany, Motorcycle
Yesterday we landed in Stuttgart, rented a car and drove the Autobahn to Heidelberg. I have never seen cars go so fast and very glad that we will be on the backroads all throughout our journey! It takes a little longer, but I know it will be much more enjoyable. We...
by Leigh | Sep 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Hi! We are on adventure through Germany, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. This time we are not walking, we are on a motorcycle with a sidecar! I will write as often as I can and update as much as possible so that you can share in our journey, or if you ever decide...
by Leigh | Apr 21, 2015 | France, Travel
My goodness! 5 weeks has flown by!! It has been absolutely incredible and beyond my imagination. We have seen so much of France and met so many lovely, incredible and wonderful people. We finished the trip with a way too quick stay in Paris. All I could hear in my...
by Leigh | Apr 21, 2015 | France, Travel
It has always been a dream of mine to drink Champagne in Champagne, but to drink Veuve Clicqout at Veuve Cliqout, well I almost lost my mind!!! It was hands down the best experience we had in Champagne. From walking through the gardens touching and smelling all of the...
by Leigh | Apr 19, 2015 | France, Travel
Heaven. I can only say Heaven. Champagne France is absolute Heaven and a dream come true! We stayed in 2 small villages, Hautvillers and Ay and tasted as many Champagnes as we possibly could. Some were served some of the most delicious little bites, even though I have...
by Leigh | Apr 18, 2015 | France, Travel
We started our morning by heading right outside our little hotel and heading to Omaha Beach. Wikkipedia can do a better job at explaining than I can. Omaha Beach was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the...
by Leigh | Apr 17, 2015 | France, Travel
We started our morning in Dinan, had a fabulous breakfast, and drove to see Mont Saint Michel. As we got closer Adam made me close my eyes until we got closer. When he said I could look, I literally gasped. It is breathtaking. Here is a little history: Le Mont...
by Leigh | Apr 16, 2015 | France, Travel
Travel Guru Rick Steeves really says it best… ”In France, if you have time for only one stop in Brittany, make it the ancient riverfront city of Dinan. It’s about four hours west of Paris by train and one from Mont St-Michel, but it seems a world away....
by Leigh | Apr 15, 2015 | France, Travel
The Château de Chenonceau is my personal favorite of the Loire Valley as it is built over a river, is absolutely stunning, and there is a whole soap opera around it! Many, many, many moons ago, King Henry II gave the chateau to his mistress Dian de Poitiers – who had...
by Leigh | Apr 14, 2015 | France, Travel
One of my most favorite days so far! We stayed in the most lovely B&B in Amboise, Le Vieux Manor and then took a hot air balloon up over the Loire Valley. Absolutely amazing!!! We finished our evening off drinking Pastis and listening to Jimmy Hendrix at the most...
by Leigh | Apr 14, 2015 | France, Travel
The Loire Valley is very special. Each small town is different and we found Blois to be absolutely lovely. From the intown Chateau to the church to the fabulous, cool, hipster barbershop where Adam got his hair cut, we were so surprised at this little town every time...
by Leigh | Apr 13, 2015 | France, Travel
The royal Château de Chambord is the largest château in the Loire Valley; it was built to serve as a hunting lodge for Francis I, who who only stayed at Chambord for 7 weeks in his entire lifetime. Chambord was altered considerably during the twenty-eight years of its...
by Leigh | Apr 13, 2015 | France, Travel
It is Easter morning and we have just left Agen on a train for Bordeaux. I went to a French, African, Live Band, Evangelical Easter service this morning, that was in our hotel, and absolutely loved it! Although I don’t speak French, I could mostly tell what was...
by Leigh | Apr 6, 2015 | France, Travel
After a lovely breakfast where Christine, our B&B owner, made the bread, the yogurt, and all of the jams, we went to the market to buy bread for our lunch and headed on our way along the canal. Today was an interesting day. We walked in the wind and the rain,...
by Leigh | Apr 6, 2015 | France, Travel
We left early in the morning and began our day along the Canal de Lateral. It was a great day of walking, with just the right amount of sunshine. We stopped in a tiny little village and got a couple of sandwiches and some fruit and….support hose for me! Now, I...
by Leigh | Apr 3, 2015 | France, Travel
Before we left Castanet, Madame Michelle took us to see her new small little B&B that is going to be right on the canal. It is an old pump house and she is going to make it a quaint little place with 2 bedrooms, a tea room and a place to cook and lounge outside....
by Leigh | Apr 1, 2015 | France, Travel
Today was a tough day for us. We started early with breakfast from our little hotel and set out to get back onto the Canal. We had to walk a a good ways on the highway, which is never that much fun. The wind was howling, plus it was raining – all right in our...
by Leigh | Mar 31, 2015 | France, Travel
Up early and had breakfast with the owner of our little hotel. He could not have been any nicer and offered to give us bikes for the day and also wanted to give us 2 cans of Casoulet! (Unfortunately they were too heavy for the backpack.) Today was extremely hard on...
by Leigh | Mar 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
Not to bore you, but here is a little history about Bram….”Bram was a centre of Cathar belief, a heresy from Christianity. Their difference from Rome brought the intervention of Simon de Montfort who, following a Spanish monk who became St Dominic,...
by Leigh | Mar 30, 2015 | France, Travel
We left Carcassonne for Bram after breakfast. Today was only 18km but after having 2 days off it felt like 29km. By the time we got to our gorgeous B&B, Domaine Les Magasins, I was spent. The trail along the Canal was really nice today, but the wind really...
by Leigh | Mar 27, 2015 | France, Travel
We took 2 lovely days off to relax and enjoy this Gallo-Roman city created in 100 b.c. There is so much history that it is impossible for me to share wth you using my phone and limited wifi. You can read more about it here. ...
by Leigh | Mar 26, 2015 | France, Travel
We had breakfast with Madam and then took a cab to Homps. Today was supposed to be a 38km walk and it that is just too much! So we took a cab to Homps to make it a 24km, which is much more enjoyable. Our cab driver has a daughter living in Atlanta!!! It is a small...
by Leigh | Mar 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
We arrived in Le Somail after what seem lke a walk walk that took forever! We started the day with delicious pastries and a short walk through town. Once we reached the canal we were greeted by a few ducks and fed them a little petite d’jonour and off we went....
by Leigh | Mar 25, 2015 | France, Travel
Before leaving the Perpignan area we had the grand opportunity to visit Collioure, a gorgeous small town on the sea. My pictures don’t do it justice at all as it is stunning. We sat on the shore at a little cafe and I thought to myself- “Self, I could...
by Leigh | Mar 25, 2015 | France, Travel
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by Leigh | Mar 25, 2015 | France, Travel
In the early morning we left the Gothic Hotel, had a coffee and a pastry, and left to find the Canal du Midi Leaving Agde to Beziers we saw the only round lock in the world. It acts like a round about, but only for water. It is really incredible! We began our walk on...
by Leigh | Mar 24, 2015 | France
Once we arrived in Sete, we found a little hotel and waited for Adam’s niece to arrive on the train for dinner. We went to a great little seafood restaurant and then raced to get her back on the train. The next day is when the adventure really started. We began...
by Leigh | Mar 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Working in NYC at Berluti, a fabulous French men”s shoe company with a very rich history, and extremely nice shoes, allowed me to meet many amazing people. One of those people happened to be a wonderful woman whose parents have a vineyard in Perpignan called...
by Leigh | Mar 23, 2015 | Spain, Travel
Figueres is the Home of the Dali Museum and the toy Museum, and they both are incredible Dali’s work is beyond words. It is inspiring as it is creative, and of course, EXTREMELY unique!!! To have this kind of talent…..I can’t even imagine! An...
by Leigh | Mar 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Well it has not started off as smoothly as we had hoped. We arrived at the airport to find out that our flight was delayed and we would miss our connection. So, we hopped on the phone and were re-routed through Frankfort, only to find that was as far as we could go...
by Leigh | Mar 10, 2015 | Travel
Oh! The Places You’ll Go! – Dr. Seuss We are walking across France! From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic!! I am so excited! Soon we will be walking a little over 300 miles from Sete to Bordeaux along the Canal du Midi which is absolutely gorgeous! We...
by Leigh | Jun 25, 2013 | Pottery, Travel, Uncategorized
Summer is here and I absolutely love it! I am in the mountains of NC and falling in love with mountain living!!! From waking up and having coffee on the lake to meeting my neighbor who sells me “yard eggs” and is going to teach me how to pickle and can, to...
by Leigh | Apr 12, 2013 | Travel
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.” – Mark Twain. And what a strange and wonderful short journey we had! After getting the bike started, we headed out for TN to Chattanooga and then...
by Leigh | Apr 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hello!! Sorry for the delay! It has been a very busy few days!!! After the weather finally cleared, we loaded up the Ural to head out and hit the Trans America Trail. Adam has spent over a month working on and improving the bike. I have to say that my most favorite...
by Leigh | Apr 4, 2013 | Travel
We are about to head out on The Trans-America Trail on the Ural with the sidecar!!! Please come back to go on this amazing journey with us and to see photos along the way! Much love to all, Leigh and Adam xx The Trans-America Trail is a west bound ride across...
