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Europe » France » Poitou-Charentes » La Rochelle September 19th 2011

Monday 12th Roaming en Rey, the Three towers , kite surfers Cannot believe just how awful the weather has turned out to be. Have been to France before in September and it has always felt like Summer but this time it has the feel of Autumn with leaves falling off the trees and today drizzle and blustery rain. Unusual weather that did make us wonder if we getting the tail end of the hurricane which was hitting Britain. Felt lost without the internet to find out what was happening in the world. The plan for the day was to go to La Rochelle. This is a place I have always wanted to visit and Glenn and I had decided last year on our way back from the Catalunya MotoGP that we would have a few days ... read more

Europe » France » Poitou-Charentes » La Rochelle November 10th 2010

A França parece ser cortada ao meio por uma linha imaginária que divide o país em duas realidades completamente diferentes: o sul, mais latino, com clima mais ameno e dias mais ensolarados; e o norte, mais britânico, com seus dias frios e chuvosos. Essa minha teoria podia ser confirmada, quase que diariamente, pelas previsões do tempo (sim, sou um fiel usuário do www.meteo.fr), sendo frequentes diferenças superiores a 5°C entre Bordeaux e Paris, por exemplo, com chuva por lá e um solão forte por aqui. No entanto, obviamente exceções aconteciam. E, naquele começo de novembro extremamente chuvoso, qualquer exceção era mais do que bem-vinda. Foi assim que, após mais de dois meses da minha chegada a Bordeaux, pela primeira vez embarquei em um trem rumo ao norte. Destino: a cidade portuária de La Rochelle, capital da ... read more
Vista norte
Tour de la Chaîne e o Vieux-Port
Duas torres

Europe » France » Poitou-Charentes » La Rochelle September 4th 2009

Europe » France » Poitou-Charentes » La Rochelle August 31st 2009

28-08-09 1st week in France and the future is looking brighter in shades! We sailed from Plymouth to Roscoff with a fine smooth crossing, getting into port at 10.00pm and we were the first vehicle off the ferry. Things quickly took a turn for the worse when 15 minutes later our sat nav. sent us into ever narrowing backstreets in search of a mythical overnight camper stop. A fairly high level of stress was endured by both our vehicles occupants; however Liz did a great job of getting me reversed in an incredibly tight spot (in the dark). She only told me later about the 20 foot drop (pit) which I missed by inches, apparently she didn’t want to frighten me (female logic?) That aside, France has been terrific with some fabulous overnight camp stops ... read more
Alignment at Cameret-sur-mer
Sunset L'Aguillion-sur-mer
Fouras

Europe » France » Poitou-Charentes » La Rochelle August 7th 2009

All is ready for the start.Andy arrives in La Rochelle on the afternoon of the 11 august. I will be arriving after a horror trip from Fuerteventura. Fuerteventura - Las Palmas - Madrid - Paris - La rochelle. As soon as i have the chance I will let you know our route. At the moment we are undecided.Malaga is a must as we must meet Andys wife there !! I will be heading on to Cadiz to get the ferry to Lanzarote. See you !!... read more

Europe » France » Poitou-Charentes » La Rochelle June 26th 2009

Ola chicas!! When we last spoke to you we had just arrived in Tours. Not much to mention about Tours, just a quaint town straddling the Loire river, deep in Chateau country. Despite its small size we still managed to busk twice and make a reasonable €40. After another dead on train journey courtesy of SNCF we arrived on the West coast into the town of La Rochelle. This bustling seaside town boasts the Atlantic's largest Yachting port, home to over 3,500 boats. It´s watery entrance is guarded by three imposing towers dating back to a while ago. Our 1st few days were spent lazing on the beach and getting towered off our faces! Ok! Lesson number one for all you budding travelling troubadours out there. . . . . . nothing happens until you busk! ... read more
The La Rochelle towers
Our campsite
Playing Fitzpatrick's

Europe » France » Poitou-Charentes » La Rochelle April 5th 2009

Oh my, Oh my!!! Couldn't load photos earlier. So just in case you have forgotten how we look!!!! Check out Brian's Stable. XXXX... read more
French Adventure
French Adventure
French Adventure

Europe » France » Poitou-Charentes » La Rochelle November 1st 2008

Yes finally finally finally, a week later, I am taking time out from my 2,000 word Shakespeare paper to tell you all about my trip to La Rochelle. First of all, the basic outcome of this trip is that I am in love with France. If I spoke better French, that is where I would live. At first, the entire city, well the entire country, made me nervous. I knew that I would have to do all of the communication and that scared me more than you might think. I always freeze up when people speak French to me and my mind races to translate what they said as fast as I can, that it just gets all jumpled and I mix up even the simplist phrases. It would be so much easier if everyone was ... read more
the room
La Rochelle by night
La tour de saint-Nicolas

Europe » France » Poitou-Charentes » La Rochelle October 30th 2008

Le vendredi soir, je suis arrivée à La Rochelle, avant-dernière escale dans mon périple français. L’auberge de jeunesse se trouvait presque directement sur la plage et on avait une vue fantastique sur l’Atlantique. J’ai gardé toutes les visites pour le samedi et j’ai commencé par les deux tours protégeant l’entrée du port. La première est la tour Saint-Nicolas qui a été construite au 15e siècle et qui a été habitée par différents capitaines au cours des siècles. Elle a aussi servi de quartier général pour les soldats surveillant l’accès au port des navires anglais qui tentaient d’attaquer la ville. Juste de l’autre côté, se dressait la tour de la Chaîne (connue aussi comme étant la tour du Québec) dans laquelle une toute nouvelle exposition sur la colonisation de la Nouvelle-France a été inaugurée par l’Honorable (et ... read more
Les 2 tours
Les rues à arcades
Requin!!!

Europe » France » Poitou-Charentes » La Rochelle September 27th 2008

La Rochelle ville des supposer trois mousquetaires, on a rien vue sur ca, mais mymi est quand même persuadé. Bon ici il y avait aussi des huitres et nous avons été héberger par un Skipper professionnel, mymi a fait des pâtes fantastiques et des fondant au chocolat moins fantastique. on a fait le musée du nouveau monde et c'était moche. Larochelle cest une belle ville qui a beacoup d'histoire, mais nous on sest plutot intersser au boutique, moi celle de geeek et mymi celle de chopping.(ps c est pas vrai j ai même pas rentré dans une seule boutique, simon est une vrai fille j attends toujours après lui dans les magasins, mymi) Salut et a plus, Simon... read more
statue bizzare
couple de quebecois venant de chicoutimi
le gros luxe




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