Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts

7.9.16

The Cité de l'Océan et du Surf and more...






Hi there! I'm finally back after a fantastic summerbreak
 I hope you all had a lovely summer !

Just like I hoped this year we really had the time to explore the French and
Spanish Atlantic blues at the Cote Basque and its beautiful inland. 

Beside the well known cities (like Biarritz, San Sebastian, Hendaye, 
Saint-Jean-de-Luz) the stunning beaches and the beautiful raw bays (la Corniche Basque) 
with its amazing waves, We also discovered how varied this region
 (Pyrenees-Atlantique) really is when we visited the Pyrenees and the surrounding 
traditional villages. Even tough it wasn't the first time that we were here 
we have discovered many new things.

Today some snapshots of  "The Cité de l'Océan et du Surf" in Biarritz.
One of the "mustgo" places on my list was visiting this stunning wave-shaped museum
designed by Steven Holl Architects in collaboration with Solange Fabião.
The design is based on the concept "under the sky" and "under the sea,"
The building features a strongly curving roof, which also shapes the space of the
 public plaza, tilted towards the horizon and the ocean. The very modern interior of 
the main space is white plaster and a wooden floor even provides under-floor 
wiring flexibilities. We have spend several hours at this very interesting and fun
 inter-active museum with its amazing view at the Ocean... 





4.8.14

summerlove

 

 pic elvs

  Hi I am back and I hope that
 you are enjoying the summer as much as we do!

We really had a fantastic vacation at the beautiful Provence (France)
where we enjoyed the beautiful weather, the great atmosphere and 
where we visited some wonderful authentic villages as
  Lourmarin, BonnieuxGordes and Cucuron 
but also cities as Aix en Provence and Avignon
 (the summer-festival at that city is so inspiring) 
and where we admired the amazing purple lavender fields 
and the colourful Colorado Provencal at Rustrel  

But after a wonderful time in France and a great week
 at the Dutch south-west coast with my family
 it's also great to be home again... 

Last week my holiday ended (work-work) but my sons are still 
having vacation  for a couple of weeks so I will try to keep 
this holidaymood a little bit longer and enjoy summer as much 
as possible until it´s time for school ;-) 


 coming home also means reading new magazines 
and lot's of news on the blogs...
Looking forward to read all about your holidays 
and  to be inspired by your posts again ... 
see you all soon!

 have a wonderful new week...

ps. you can find some more holiday photos on my instagram here