Blogs from Centre, France, Europe - page 2

Another day another dollar and Goose is not at the wheel So after the night of France Passion, well not in the biblical sense if you read my last blog, we rise early and go to start the motorhome and guess what, the bleeding immobiliser would not let us start it - me thinking OMG and Mike thinking well maybe day 2 could be France Passion in the literal sense, ha ha. Anyway, we tried the other keys and wowee it started so thank goodness for this. The navigator Mike, let’s start calling him Goose as Goose was Maverick’s navigator in Top Gun, started well but let’s be honest he had Sat Nav to help him. So we trundled along the nice french roads through nice villages in the Champagne region and I was loving it ... read more

We are in Tours in the Loire valley, another area I've never visited. Since we skipped the Bordeaux wine touring because of the wild fires we thought the Loire would be a good alternative. After a little bit of research we settled on staying in Tours rather than elsewhere as there is more accommodation here and some other interesting things to do in the town, but I'm not exactly sure what we'll do for wine tasting options are until I speak to someone at the tourist office. On the Friday we check out the town, stock up with maps from the tourist office and find a bike hire. The cathedral here is impressive as is the old town. At the Gouin hotel (now a free museum) there is an interesting free art exhibition by the artist ... read more

Overnachting in Bruère-Allichamps, klein plaatsje op een 30km ten zuiden van Bourges. Te bereiken langs kleine wegen vanop de A71. In lokale folders wordt het als middelpunt van Frankrijk aangegeven. Tevens zijn er twee opmerkelijke historische gebouwen: de Priorij en een Cisterciënzer Abdij, gesticht in 1136. Maar dat is voor een andere keer. Het was een lange rit hoofdzakelijk over snelwegen, en stevige 'bouchons'. Computer zei : Aankomst 18:45u, 26°, hoogte 141m, afstand 601.5km, verbruik 11.9L/100km, gemiddeld 67km/u, rijtijd 8:50u. Zondag 29/05/2022, rit tot thuis, met weeral stevige 'bouchons' Computer zei : Aankomst 19:40u, 11°, hoogte 68m, afstand 597.2km, verbruik 10.9L/100km, gemiddeld 62km/u, rijtijd 9:31u. ... read more

This entry will be brief... mainly because it is now the 21st April and I have half forgotten what we did on the 14th March but need to add my blog here so I can remember when I refer back to this when I am old ?? We had forgotten just how much we enjoy driving through France. Not on the motorways where I find it hard to stay awake and where there is little chance of pointing my camera at an interesting building or a colourful tree, but on the N roads. The roads which are easily wide enough for the motorhome to pass along without mishap but which pass through pretty villages where the building styles are forever changing as we cross from one region to another. Where we can pull up outside a ... read more

Ein Nachtrag zu gestern Abend: mein Restaurant bietet eine abwechslungsreiche Speisekarte an. Als ich das Savoyer Fondue gesehen habe, musste ich es bestellen. Das wird aus Emmentaler, Comté und Roquefort gemacht und hat ordentlich geschmeckt. Heute werde ich vielleicht das Pferdesteak probieren. Es muss ja nicht immer Rinderfilet oder Entrecote sein. Frühstücken konnte ich heute nur bis 10:00 und startet danach meinen Spaziergang durch die Stadt. Zuerst zum alten Rathaus, wo man mehrere historische Räume ohne Ticket besuchen kann. Die Kathedrale ist direkt daneben. Dann durch den alten Teil der Stadt zum Loire-Ufer, wo sich das Starbucks befindet. Selbstverständlich habe ich es besucht und einen Frappuccino getrunken. Von dort ging es zum alten Wohnhaus von Jeanne d'Arc. Genauer gesagt, dessen Replikation, da das Originalhaus 1940 bei einem britischen Luftangriff zerstört wurde. Warum d... read more