Blogs from Lorraine, France, Europe - page 6

We thoroughly enjoyed our tour through the northern border of France towards Belguim. The cities of Nancy and Metz make up a very interesting and diverse ensemble for the tourist. Nancy is home to Art Nouveau, and in the 60 km drive to Metz we found a 12th century church with WW 1 bombs suspended on its walls as a reminder of a close encounter, and drove under a Roman aqueduct. We also picnicked beside the Moselle River in true 'Miniscule' country. Nancy, the home of Art Nouveau, is a city designed by the Polish king in exile, Stanislaw, who was father-in-law of King Louis XV. He was apparently a popular ruler and the city benefitted from his planning. Place Stanislas is impressive, with its ensemble of 18th century public buildings designed for royal parades and ... read more

Hallo allemaal, Een nieuw jaar, een nieuwe blog. Toch? Zoals jullie gewend zijn live vanuit San Francisco.... Met zijn tweetjes! Oh nee, toch niet.... Dit keer, is alles anders.... Dit keer zijn we met zijn drieeen. Ons allerliefste kereltje Jamey is er bij!!! En als we dan toch gek aan het doen zijn: Niet vanuit de USA, maar vanuit FRANKRIJK! Om toch nog een beetje bij de vertrouwde basis te blijven, hebben we er een soort van rondreis van gemaakt!!! . Geen FLAUW idee waar we ons in gestort hebben, maar we zien wel waar het schip strandt!!!! Onze vakantie is begonnen met een weekend centerparcs. In Frankrijk, dat dan weer wel! Het is een vrij nieuw, super bosrijk park. Uurtje ten oosten van Nancy. Afgelopen vrijdag met een familie auto (heb van auto gewisseld met ... read more

I apologise for my lack of blogging recently, but the internet situation is pretty bad. It's either too expensive for my budget or I've only had 15 minutes! I'll upload the photos when I get home. We arrived in Nancy and took a long bus ride to our hotel, which was situated in a lovely industrial estate that wasn't actually in Nancy. As we didn't have a kitchen we went and ate a croque monsieur in a small café in a supermarket. The next day we travelled into town and we went shopping as it was raining. I bought a bit too much, mostly clothes, and then we went to the botanical garden and followed the tourist train because it was slow enough for us to get a free tour :D In the evening we watched ... read more

We started our excursion to France very early and after driving through western Germany and Luxembourg, we crossed the French border. Our first stop was the city of Metz, in the Lorraine region. We had almost the whole day to discover this rather small, but very beautiful city. The first sight we visited was the Cathedral of Metz (Saint Etienne de Metz) from the 16th century. The inside is very impressive, but reminded us a lot of the Dom or Cathedral in Cologne as well. We continued from there and walked through the mayor part of the city, passing stores and houses. Finally we reached our destination: the main railway station (Gare de Metz-Ville). We went inside and passed the main hallway and visited the tracks as well. The station was build by the Germans and ... read more

Our annual trip to France, this time with my niece Emma tagging along. As usual nice and hot weather! If you are visting the Lorraine region there are many things we recommend you do: - Metz: beautiful town with a cathedral, quaint streets, cafes and shops - Amneville: a leisure area west of Metz. We recommend the Thermapolis spa and Europe's largest zoo where the animals are really taken care of well, they have large areas to live in and they have really made an effort to make them feel at home. Many baby animals were born in the last year. - The Bitche citadel is worth a visit and they usually have lovely gardens in summer. If you are interested in archaeology there are several digs nearby that would be of interest. Strasbourg is not ... read more