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Europe » France » Nord-Pas de Calais » Dunkerque July 27th 2022

Dunkirk is our last night on this leg of our Europe trip. Tomorrow morning we are on the Eurotunnel back to England. After Chartres we spent a night in Paris with a friend of J's which was excellent. We had plenty of time so took a leisurely drive in to Paris and lunched on the way at Fontainebleau chateau. We devised a plan to park the car out of Paris near a station to avoid the Paris low emission zone. Like London the zone is large and the rules quite complicated so we decided to stay safe and park by an over-ground station near-ish to CDG airport. Our plan worked well as we found a space only 200m from a RER station from which it was only 5 stops to Gare du Nord where we changed ... read more
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Europe » France » Nord-Pas de Calais » Dunkerque April 20th 2017

No los olvido en cuanto a las traducciones pero como muy raro recibo comentarios de parte de uds, amigos argentinos, les aconsejo para hacerme ganar tiempo traducir el texto de la pagina con la traduccion ofrecida por Google. En este blog voy dando nuevos nombres a ciertas fotos, sobre todo las de la Costa Belga para que entiendan un poco como es aqui... Veran varias casas antiguas que sin embargo estan muy bien cuidadas y que dan un tope lindo a las distintas ciudades. Veran tambien que aqui no hay carpas pero bien casitas que la gente alquila cada año para no tener que llevar todo cada dia a la playa. Mucha gente apenas llega deja su auto en un lugar fijo y despues hace el resto ya sea caminando ya sea en bici porque no ... read more
casas antiguas en la costa francesa
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Europe » France » Nord-Pas de Calais » Dunkerque September 26th 2015

l'Une dernière étape avant le retour à la maison demain... toubib oblige... Nous continuons à longer la côte tout en passant par Le Touquet, Boulogne sur Mer (un petit salut argentin à San Martin, vu qu'il est enterré ici...), nous évitons Calais car tout est bien bloqué par la gendarmerie vu la situation des réfugiés... et tout doucement approchons de la frontière... Mais avant cela nous nous arrêtons encore à Etaples où les musées naturels sont les poissonneries... Un régal pour les yeux mais ce sera aussi un régal pour notre assiette de ce soir !!! Nous passons aussi par les Caps Gris Nez et Blanc Nez de même que par la Pointe aux oies. De beaux paysages... Nous approchons de plus près le Cap Gris Nez car le parking du Blanc Nez ne permet pas ... read more
Homard européen
bouquet : pas pour rien : 39 € le kg !
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Europe » France » Nord-Pas de Calais » Dunkerque October 3rd 2014

3rdOctoberDover to Dunkerque (Dunkirk) 45nm So..we're now in France...yesterday we crossed the English Channel....big move!! We departed Dover marina at 0230 - in order to have the tides and currents with us for most of our journey. We got out of the harbour and made a bee-line for the other side. You must cross the shipping lane at a 90 degree angle. The first part (ships moving south) had a few ships coming - we set our course and other than having to speed up to get in front of one ship and then slow down in order for another ship to pass in front, we didn't have to alter course at all. Then in the middle (separation zone) we saw that the closest ship coming north was 15nm away - travelling at 13kts. We were ... read more
French customs ship
"Sea Patrol"
boarding our boat

Europe » France » Nord-Pas de Calais » Dunkerque August 26th 2013

The weather has improved back to its old self, clear skies, plenty of sun but a slightly cooler temperature. We are very comfortable in our apartment with plenty of room and we wish we had been able to arrange more of this type of accommodation during this adventure. The cats were back for breakfast but stayed their distance from each other. At one stage we thought there were two black and white cats as Gretchen looked out the window to see the cat on the wall only moments after having it at her feet.However,we are sure there is only one and he is a fast mover! We are only a short distance away from the combined TGV and Eurostar rail line and we hear them passing by at great speed with a quiet whooshing type sound ... read more
The ornate 'Hotel de Ville' Dunkirk
Malo,beach just a little north of Dunkirk city centre from where part of the evacuation took place
Memorial to the Dunkirk Evacuation at Malo Beach

Europe » France » Nord-Pas de Calais » Dunkerque August 12th 2013

What do you do to celebrate your 39th wedding annniversary ? We decided to set sail from Boulogne to Dunkerque France. We normally prefer to get up and get going early but in the land of high tides and strong currents you travel with the current. This means heading out at 11:30 AM so we can catch the current going in our direction (a 1 to 2 knot push in the right direction) . The upside was that we had a nice leisurely breakfast, the downside was we got to our next port later than we like. When we left Boulogne, there was little wind so we motor sailed. The day was beautiful and the seas were gentle. During the afternoon there were even fewer clouds and the wind died but we were still able to ... read more
Some Differences/Some Similarities
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More Industrialized Area

Europe » France » Nord-Pas de Calais » Dunkerque April 16th 2013

Suzy is still sitting comfortably on our drive hooked up to recharge her batteries . She is being prepared for the trip to Croatia and back. Sion has worked out it's 8 more sleeps until we get to France. We have started to load up the van. Books and maps put in the cupboards, clothes packed, last minute just in case foods put into the fridge and the cupboards - it's a lovely feeling to know that at last we are almost on the road again . Kathrein has worked OK the last few days but today she refused to go up again. We have spoken to Solar Solutions who fitted her and they have been deep in conversation with RoadPro who provided the dish. The offer is to take the dish off and send it ... read more
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Europe » France » Nord-Pas de Calais » Dunkerque July 16th 2012

BLOG 13 Monday 9 July – So there we were, parked next to the river at Parthenay (the place with the Games festival going on and the hidden, charming but empty old village down by the river.) Anyway, one of us was awoken by a 6am text from Tom in Kashgar, China – a fuddled brain took 15 mins to text back that we’d planned to Skype/phone him from about 9am....China is 7 hours later than France. We seemed to have a lot to do this morning, including phoning Tom – who couldn’t talk as he was on a 3 hour drive and also, we had paid for hot, roomy showers at the nearby campsite. By the time we got there the hot water had run out! – it certainly wakes you up – very invigorating. ... read more
2 Montreuil-Bellay aires spot
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Europe » France » Nord-Pas de Calais » Dunkerque October 16th 2011

Its no secret I like to walk or that it's really just a way for me to explore the world around, I especially love it when that walking gives me an excuse to flee the UK for a couple of days. When a hiking weekend was posted for Bray-Dune in Flandres, north France got posted for the weekend before my birthday I decided to adopt it as my abroad weekend to celebrate the passage of the years (well they don't actualy pass as much as swirl in a subjective non linear numerical way!). Bray-Dune is a sleepy seaside town north of Dunkerque, the last bastian of France before the wide beach and rolling sand dunes give way to Belgium. This wide beach was the site of heavy casualties in WWII being one of the many parts ... read more
Me again!
Bergues - Saint Winoc Abbey & Tower
White Cliffs of Dover

Europe » France » Nord-Pas de Calais » Dunkerque May 12th 2011

Après deux semaines d’étude, le 3 mai, Mathieu en avait enfin fini de ses examens contrairement à Geneviève qui commençait à peine. En effet, ses examens s’étalèrent sur plusieurs semaines, à raison d’un examen par semaine, ce qui fait qu’elle en a eut jusqu’au 26 mai. Long et pénible vous dira-t-elle. Durant ce temps, nous avons tout de même pu profiter un peu. Au début du mois de mai, nous avons célébré la fin du semestre et dit au revoir à quelques uns des étudiants internationaux retournant dans leur pays respectif ou quittant Lille pour visiter l’Europe. Pour notre part, nous voulions profiter de ces dernière semaines dans ce qui fut notre chez nous pour les 6 derniers mois. Nous avons donc passé du temps avec nos amis français restant à Lille pour quelques temps. Je ... read more
Un château de sable
La Taverne
Le Marché




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