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Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Nice October 14th 2023

Otin edellisiltana nukahtamislääkettä ja sain nukuttua 8 tuntia. Leipomosta patonki ja leivokset. Aamupalan jälkeen tiskikone päälle. Roskat piti viedä. Kielitaidottomana heitin lasipullot muovinkeräykseen. Asunnon haltija saapui klo 14 tarkistamaan asunnon. Käveltiin ratikkakadulle, kahvilassa kanapiiras. Turvatarkastuksen jälkeen päästiin loungeen, koska Pirkolla on sinne pääsy muutaman kerran vuodessa. Napostelin vähän ja join runsaasti viiniä. Loungessa tutustuttiin tamperelaiseen pariskuntaan. He pääsivät vielä Pirkon kyydissä Kalevaan.... read more
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Heräsin klo 8.30. Hain Lidlistä vähän ruokaa. Aamupala parvekkeella. Kiertelin aamupäivällä kaupunkia busseilla. Nähtiin Pirkon kanssa rannalla ja käytiin syömässä kiinalaisessa ravintolassa. Klo 15 lähdin bussilla tapaamaan ranskalaista nettituttua, joka oli majoittunut hotelliin Villefrance-sur-Meriin. Bussimatka kesti sinne tunnin. Kävin heti uima-altaassa. Paluumatkan ajoin asunnolle kokonaan busseilla, ja jotkin bussit matelivat ruuhkassa. Illan kiertelin vanhaakaupunkia ja poikkesin katsomassa Pirkkoa musiikkibaarissa.... read more
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Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Nice October 11th 2023

Nukuin klo 1.30-6 ja klo 7-10. Haettiin läheisestä Lidlistä aamupalatarvikkeet. Aamupala parvekkeella. Päästiin liikenteeseen klo 13. Käveltiin rautatieasemalle, joka oli lähellä, ja käytiin turistineuvonnassa. Tutustuttiin eri lippuautomaatteihin. Otettiin päivälippu paikallisliikenteeseen. Ajettiin ratikkalinjan 1 päähän, jossa oli suuri sairaala. Käytiin katsomassa kirkkoa mäen päällä. Ratikalla palattiin takaisin Garibaldille. Muutama juoma vanhassakaupungissa. Kävdeltiin rannalle, alkoi jo hämärtää. Syömään aukiolle. Kolme ruokalajia.Sen jälkeen kiertelimme loppuillan erikseen.... read more
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Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Nice October 10th 2023

Oli ostettu Pirkon kanssa suorat lennot Pirkkalasta Nizzaan. Lento oli lähdössä klo 17. Pidin jo koko päivän vapaata. Oli hyvin aikaa viimeistellä pakkaaminen. Pirkko haki minut autolla. Käytiin syömässä ABC:llä noutopöytä. Auto vietiin kaukaisimmalle ja halvimmalle parkkipaikalle. Pirkkalassa otettiin oluet. Minulla oli mukana kalavaaka. Pirkolla oli matkatavaraa yli 8 kg ja minulla alle, joten siirrettiin joitakin tavaroita matkalaukusta toiseen. Matkatavaroita ei kyllä punnittu sitten missään. Lento lähti puoli tuntia myöhässä. Pirkon vieressä oli tyhjä paikka, joten menin sinne istumaan. Lento kesti yli kolme tuntia. Lentokentältä oli selkeä reitti ratikkapysäkille. Asunnolle löydettiin Google mapsin avulla. OIimme varanneet kahden huoneen asunnon rautatieaseman läheltä. Asunnon tuli luovuttamaan vietnamilainen, joka puhui sangen vähän englantia, no kännykän sovelluksella pystyi k... read more
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Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Trigance September 18th 2023

Woke up to beautiful sunny skies. After breakfast we packed our bags then headed out for a short walk while waiting for our luggage to be picked up And delivered to the parking area outside of the walls. It was quite a unique experience staying in the walled city overnight. During the day it is bustling with activity, but is a whole different scene at night. The streets get very quiet, and you can almost imagine the sentries making their rounds with their torch lights. That’s what a bottle of wine will do to you. We took a walk over to the Basilica, as it was now open to the public. It was quit impressive. If you’ve never been to a midevil church, read “Pillars of the Earth”, and you’ll get a sense of what we ... read more
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Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur July 23rd 2023

We took an Uber to the Gere Lyon train station in Paris to catch an 11:15 train to Nice. It was, of course, delayed. When it was finally called, there was a crowded mad dash to get to the track and into the train. The trip should have been 5+ hours but it was over 7. At one point there was a long delay because another train had hit an animal on the track??.At first we kept busy with sleeping and doing things on our tablets or phones but it dragged on. The highlight was the great picnic lunch we had brought along. And the French countryside was pretty. When we got closer to our destination the views of the beautiful blue water of the French Riviera helped. We arrived in Nice and eventually got the ... read more
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Today was to all about us recreating the perfect day we had on our last trip to France and while we did not expect perfection again, we do love the towns so we would try to recreate it again. The Lunch restaurant we went to last time was shut on a Monday, so we consulted TripAdvisor again who recommended La Mule Du Pape Restaurant. The lady who took our booking yesterday was so friendly and helpful with our english, and when we arrived she introduced herself and her personality was infectious. She would engage all of her tables and would help anyone who needed more assistance with which Vineyards to go to. The food was at the same level as the Staff, we both selected the Daily Set menu, and both commented on why we don't ... read more
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13/6//23 l’isle sur la sorgue Woken in the middle of the night by a massive crack of thunder which was followed by heavy rain. And when you are sleeping in a motorhome you hear all the drops as they land on the roof I can promise you. Must have soothed us to sleep again as it was a bit later than normal when we woke. Had decided that lovely though Avignon is we didn’t want to do another city day, especially after getting a bit overheated yesterday. So we set out for L'isle sur la Sorgue, a pretty town about 20 miles due East. The traffic getting across Avignon is pretty horrendous but we made it safely out the other side and once clear of the city had a pleasant drive. We have been to L’isle ... read more
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Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Avignon June 12th 2023

Glorious blue sky as we set out in Smart Car for Avignon. Just across the bridge over the Rhone but think we went a slightly long way round as the traffic signage is not at its best round here. Avignon is completely walled and the traffic round the outer wall is Mad. There are mainly only 2 lanes to the road, one each way but every now and then there is room for a 3rd so they squeeze in a bus lane. Which does no good at all as 5 metres later that lane ends and the buses squash back into the lane with the normal traffic then stop at the bus stop ! Not helped by multiple crossings on lights so it is stop start all the way and yes we did witness one prang ... read more
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Europe » France » Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur » Avignon June 11th 2023

Got on the way as early as we could as had a long drive, 250 miles down to Avignon. Not a long way in a car but it is in a 3.5 ton motorhome with a little car in tow. And especially when there are quite a few mountains on the way to be driven round, over and under. Tomtom was instructed to use motorways for the first half of the drive .. to make sure we didn’t find ourselves either heading off into Switzerland without a Swiss motorway pass on either vehicle or worse, up and over a wibblt wobbly mountain pass. So motorway right to the other side of Grenoble and then at Valence we picked up the N road which runs pretty well alongside the toll road. We have a bit of a ... read more
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