Our Wafflings

  • #šŸļø Review: Best Women’s Motorcycle Jacket?

    #šŸļø Review: Best Women’s Motorcycle Jacket?

    Ladies Halvarssons Vimo Laminated Jacket This is a review of the Ladies Halvarssons Vimo Laminated Waterproof Motorcycle Jacket, which I bought on a sort of whim, so it is interesting to look over how it has performed. I will look at the pros and cons of the jacket, explain why I chose it and link… Read more

  • #47: Sassiere, a year on!

    #47: Sassiere, a year on!

    Our flat in Tignes looks out over a very distinctive mountain. It is a view that we’ve become very accustomed too (in truth, it’s a view that we have definitely grown to take for granted). Something that we definitely don’t take for granted, however, is the sheer size of the mountain that gives us the… Read more

  • #46: 2 years (but feels like more… šŸ’)

    #46: 2 years (but feels like more… šŸ’)

    How do you celebrate your 2 year wedding anniversary when you’re on a day off from work in the mountains in France? Hiking! In between prepping work for next week, we found time for two hikes – once accompanied by an excellent mug of hot chocolate on the shoulder between Tignes and Val D’Isere, and… Read more

  • #45: Camping under Mont Blanc

    #45: Camping under Mont Blanc

    … (continued from previous article) Almost a year ago, we travelled over to Chamonix and stayed in an awesome little hotel that we would never be able to afford in high season. On the way back from Varese, we stopped off at a campsite on the opposite side of Mont Blanc, at Courmayeur. Driving up… Read more

  • #44: Varese and Lake Como

    #44: Varese and Lake Como

    Camping in Italy in June… by a lake… who’d have thought there’d be mosquitoes? Certainly not us, who in an unusual fashion were incredibly unprepared for this camping trip! We had taken the opportunity of a weekend free to head over to watch the rowing World Cup at Varese, and to test out our new… Read more

  • #43 Home: a flying visit

    #43 Home: a flying visit

    In order to sort visa things, we headed home for a week at the end of May. The journey began at 6am in the mountains. We drove all the way up through France, anticipating stopping at a hotel about an hour away from the crossing. It was roasting hot the entire way through France, and… Read more