Much excitement as we prepare to visit our first South Western Les Plus Beaux (most beautiful) French village of Mortemart, so named for the ‘dead sea’, aka marshes on which it once it stood. It’s […]
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2024 – Days 14 -15 But wait, there’s more
The morning sees us up and packed ready to depart Honfleur. If we haven’t a final destination in mind, we’ve settled on a direction. Logic dictates that we travel South, to ally the cool of […]
2024 – Days 12 – 13 Honfleur
At last. France bound on the ferry, our journey takes us from Portsmouth to Le Havre, a short drive away from our intended destination of Honfleur. And what an odd trip it is. Post Brexit, […]
2019 Day 143 – Yum cha, then home
In John Denver’s immortal words, our bags are packed, we’re ready to go… but there’s a very important task to do before we leave…yum cha! For all of its woes, social media is a wonderful […]
2019 Day 104 – Honfleur, UK Bound
Our last day in France. It always make me a little melancholy, leaving. As much as I love England (and I really do), it’s France that holds my heart. The afternoon will see us driving […]
2019 Day 103 – Le Bec-Hellouin and Honfleur
Having toured the Abbey yesterday, the morning brings an opportunity to explore the rest of Le Bec-Hellouin. It’s a hasty tour, completed at speed under an ominous sky. The lighting meanwhile, is rather fabulous.I’m hard […]
2019 Day 102 – Le Bec-Hellouin
It’s time. With our ferry booked for Friday, we need to make the last long drive, pushing north towards Honfleur. At over 200 kilometres, the drive takes most of the day. We drive through endless […]
2019 Day 101 – Amboise
One of the lovely things about the Loire Valley is how close everything is – Amboise, our destination today, is just a short hop from Tours. Home of the Chateau Royal, Amboise is recognised as […]
2019 Day 100 – Tours
Day 100. Wow! That somehow went simultaneously quickly and slowly. And yes, I see the issue there. We’re spending it in Tours, our second visit, having popped in to visit our lovely friends when they […]
2019 Day 99 – Langeais and Lignieres-de-Touraine
After yesterday’s Chateau’s loveliness, we decide to try our luck with a second. Langeais, only a few kilometres away fits right bill perfectly. Set on the Loire, the sneak preview on our map looks very […]
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