03/09/2012 - We were in our bright green Picasso early this morning, I was behind the wheel as we drove our way through South-East France towards Nice. On the way we decided to briefly stop in Cannes to check it out, both Hannah and I had never been before. We parked the car and headed towards the beautiful beach full of bars, restaurants, but not people, it was dead. The weather wasn’t great so I could understand why it was so quiet outside, and after a short walk along the beach front the heavens opened and we were soaking wet. We rushed back to the car and continued our journey towards Nice as the rain came down. It took about another hour until we arrived in Nice and it was time to drop off ... read more

We woke early and met my parents downstairs for breakfast in the tiny hotel restaurant, we were the only people here. The weather was looking a little threatening today, in fact it had already started raining this morning. After breakfast we fetched our luggage and checked out of the hotel then maneuvered our bright green hire care out of the ridiculous car park the hotel used. Our first stop for today was the magnificent Pont du Gard, an ancient aqua duct built over 2000 years ago, around an hour drive from Nimes. Thankfully, by the time we arrived just before lunch, the weather had dramatically improved. First we decided to have a good look through the museum, Hannah and I skipped it last time we were here and unfortunately we really didn’t miss too much. We ... read more

After a good night’s sleep we packed our bags once again and checked out of our unforgettable hotel. We jumped back into our bright green Picasso and began our drive further south across the French countryside towards Montpellier. However before we reached the motorway we briefly stopped at a fantastic lookout point with uninterrupted views of the beautiful medieval city of Carcassonne, a few photos later and we were on our way again. We took a small detour for lunch to a small fisherman’s town called Sete, where we parked the car and had a brief look around. We stopped for a quick bite to eat at a small street café then we followed up a really crappy lunch with some amazing French pastries, in fact I had the best vanilla slice (or millefeuille as they ... read more

To really experience France and visit as many places as possible in a short amount of time, Hannah and I organised a road trip across South-West France. And since Hannah and I had already been to many parts of the road trip we made sure to include a few places we’d never been. However before we hit the road we were meeting Hannah’s parents at their house in Bergerac for a few relaxing days in the beautiful French countryside. Our Ryanair flight from Stansted arrived into Bergerac midafternoon, we were met by lovely warm weather and Hannah’s dad waiting to pick us up from the airport. For my parents it was their first real experience of France, having only visited briefly while travelling through to Bruges a few weeks ago. We met Hannah’s mum at the ... read more

When East Coast Trains were offering first class tickets to Edinburgh for £25 each way, Hannah was right on it and booked us a weekend away in the Scottish city. What started off as a cheap weekend away quickly became far more expensive once it was time to book our accommodation. We couldn’t understand why almost every hotel in the city was completely booked and if there were any rooms left they were exceedingly expensive. We soon realised we were heading to Edinburgh during the largest arts festival on the planet, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. And the typical Edinburgh weather was set to make it a cold, rainy and overcast couple of days. 06/08/2011 - On Saturday we got up at the crack of dawn, packed our stuff and made our way to Kings Cross Station ... read more