Blogs from Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe - page 5

Thursday 26th September 54 miles Breakfast was upstairs from our bedroom in another lovely room very artistically put together with some very old things. Florence had got me some gluten free bread and there was home made stewed apples, yoghurt and jams. We bought 'trois fromage baguettes ' and yoghurts before setting off. The guide book had said there would be no shops for the next twenty four miles. We had to walk through the market that was on and there were lots of lovely local produce for sale including cheeses, meat, honey, olives, hand made soaps, scarves and jewellery. If we had been in a car I could have easily have bought lots of things. Most French towns have these markets and they always seem busy. Out of town and towards the gorges. The Pont ... read more

We had a beautiful day today in Lyon. Kasie and Sriracha were with Clara and her family at an amusement park outside of Lyon. We planned to take to train to a vineyard outside of Lyon. The concierge at the hotel had given us instructions on the trains we needed to take. Unfortunately it was bad information and we were not at the correct train station. We decided to abandon the idea of the winery and walk back to our area of town as we had not seen this area of town. We had nice walk along the river. We had lunch at a restaurant on rue de Boef. After lunch we went through some of the shopping areas and then over to the art museum. We walked through the art museum. We saw lots of ... read more

Travel today from Paris to Lyon. Took the subway from near our hotel with one transfer to the train station Gare de Lyon in Paris to Lyon. We got our tickets and waited for our train. It was on time and we had no issues. Once in Lyon it took us a bit to find the Metro station to take the subway to our hotel. There was construction going on and we had difficulty finding the stairs down, but after we figured it out we had no issues on the subway. Our hotel is only a few minutes walk from the subway station Bellecour. Sriracha was again taking pictures all day, but those will have to be added later. We had dinner at a nice restaurant with the creme brulee to finish the meal.... read more

Bonjour à tous C'est de nouveau l'heure, de nous retrouver pour ce périple, et ce pour la sixième année consécutive. J'espère que vous allez continué à me suivre, et à prendre du plaisir à partager mes aventures et mésaventures au travers de ce blog. Pour infos, à ce jour, le compteur affiche 22984 visites. Simplement incroyable. Le projet faire le tour de la péninsule Ibérique. J'ai longtemps hésité entre l'Espagne-Portugal, et la suite de mon périple 2018 l'Europe du nord. Dans les grandes lignes République Tchèque, Hongrie, Roumanie, Serbie, Albanie etc etc. 2020 est presque prêt. Cette année ce voyage sera sans doute, pour beaucoup d'entre vous, moins exotique. Mais peut être comme pour moi l'occasion de pèlerinage, de faire remonter en mémoire de vieux souvenirs de jeunesse. Le tracé prévu, Andorre, Saragosse, province de Castellon, ... read more

Got the "money shots" today with pictures. Will let the pictures do most if the talking. We did: - Train ride to Montenvers and Mer de Glace (which at one time was the largest glacier in Europe) - Telepherique ride to du Plan de l'Aiguille - that is only mid-point to what should have been our final destination but 60 mph winds would not all us to go to the top - maybe tomorrow. ... read more