http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , France , Upper Normandie , Le Havre en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:18:24 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:18:24 +0000 Departure Date minus 1.I've just started this blog and am unfamiliar with how it works. Anyway the idea is to record a holiday that Jane and I are taking in France. The mode of transport being the Big Bad Chev my Chevrolet Camaro the hero of the Big Drive Home in 2002 back to doing what it does best long distrance cruising.The plan is to take the ferry from Portsmouth to Le Havre and stay the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/blog-436573.html Tuesday August 4thWhat a difference a Channel makesThe weather pattern really does look like it has changed but the forecast too for France was for fine weather so summer is officially declared back on track for the BBA.It is only a short distance to Dover and the Sea France ferry to Calais but we wanted to get there in plenty of time to locate where the ferry sailed from and because we anticipate http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/blog-426951.html Well apologies to all those who have been checking this blog thingy to see updates but I'm back here in the UK already without having added any blogs whilst on my travels. The lack of blogs was down to the relative lack of internet access in the places I ended up visiting and also the fact that I was enjoying barely going near a computer for the best part of 5 weeks so didn't look too hard. Most http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/blog-424405.html Greetings from the coastal city of Le Havre. We arrived here a couple of days ago from Amsterdam...I must admit we were happy to leave the cold rainy weather and come into hot sunny weather...We met our new hosts Abi and Alex. They are our age and they are both social workers. Both of them have been wonderful hosts. They took us to Etretat a little seaside town with a killer view off white cli http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/blog-303697.html What a day to land in Le Havre For those who went to go to Normandy it is DDaythe 64th anniversary. It is also Kathy Teske's BirthdayI won't tell you which anniversary it is for her and we went to Paris.The French Government was up to their favorite tricksobstructing things and being hard to get along with. They would not clear us for immigration so we sat in a holding pattern in the Exp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/blog-290158.html No bag no car.Al goes to Le Havre to try and get the car out of port.Mo and Lisa visit Canterbury Cathedral followed by Leeds Castle.Then a Skype call to Homayun in Paris to see if he has heard anything from Al. A very special thanks to Homayun and Christine for the phone and translation services they graciously provided us while in France.Homayun delivers the news that Al has the car and he is http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/blog-276165.html No car no bag.Mo and LisaExplore the town of Le Harve in the wind and cold and rain.Find an Art Museum.See a few paintings and an ldquoart filmrdquo of some guy slitting his wrist in a bath tub.Mo and Lisa consider slitting their own wrists.It totally sucked we walked in the rain for about an hour looking for a place to sit down for a quick meal. Every place was closed we found one nice re http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/blog-276159.html No car no bag.Al stays in Paris waiting for his bag.Lisa and Mo Leave Paris and go to Le Havre and stay in the totally strange Etap Hotelhellip.bunk beds no phone bathroom and shower made from one piece of molded fiberglasshellip just a general level of strangeness. Other than the ability to on the commode and shower at the same time this place has no redeeming qualities. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/blog-276158.html The Land Cruiser has reached Le Havre France. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/blog-276150.html No car no bag.Al stays in Paris waiting for his bag.Lisa and Mo Leave Paris and go to Le Havre and stay in the totally strange Etap Hotelhellip.bunk beds no phone bathroom and shower made from one piece of molded fiberglasshellip just a general level of strangeness. Other than the ability to on the commode and shower at the same time this place has no redeeming qualities http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/blog-263701.html The Land Cruiser has reached Le Havre France. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/blog-263683.html On Thursday the 16th Fab and Delph showed me round Quirebon which was a peninsular close to where they lived. After this I caught the train to Rennes where Julia picked me up and took a small drive to a place called Saille close to Guerande close to St Nazaire close to Nantes in Brittany west coast ish you get the picture where Julia and Alex was staying while they are back in NZ for a f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/blog-197942.html 30.05.2007 Mittwoch Normandie Als wir Paris endlich hinter uns liessen erleichterten uns ein wenig. Alles was wir nacher von Frankreich erfuhren war wesentlich anders als Paris. Die Landschaft ist mrchenhaft schn. Gepflechte Landwirschaft oder kleine Wlde berall wo die Auge sehen kann. Industriegebiete sieht man nur sparsam und diszipliniert in gut organisierten Niederlassungen. Die kl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/blog-173632.html I awoke this morning after a little lay in and had a look outside the tent to see another misty morning and started to think how I was going to make my way back to the ferry. I did think about just heading up to Calais and crossing via the channel ferry then riding home from Folkestone which would have meant more miles on the bike and extra fuel cost and the cost of the crossing that was already http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/blog-172053.html Our next stop after Rotterdam was Le Havre France. We were scheduled to tour the Landing Beaches of Normandy from this port. When we boarded the ship we were assigned a boarding card that identified us as passengers and is even cross referenced to our picture the wonders of digital photography. As we were in line to go to the bus the security people would not let Marci leave the ship. It see http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Upper-Normandie/Le-Havre/blog-95891.html