Art in Munich We encourage good healthy discussions. Pleased you picked up on it. Like to see people really reading our blogs and not just looking at the pretty pictures.
Excusing you because of your red number plates Those red number plates have the opposite effect in Romania so do not stray there with any ideas of immunity!!!
Deviation to Romania? Just as well we don't have time to follow the Danube from source to its mouth. Perhaps another time we'll enter Romania, then we'll pick up some local plates while parked in a carpark.
Takes us back to 2013 The area is where we stayed in 2013 after coming through the Mont Blanc tunnel.Actualy stayed in Chombloux(think that is the way it is spelt)We decided we could never tire of the scenery and reminded us of Queenstown
More Zigzagging to come Just arrived at our next destination - Besancon. Drove up and over the Jura Mountains. Wait for the blog. We wondered what would happen if we went through the Mont Blanc tunnel. Perhaps a night in Turin with a panic call to the hotel in Annecy about our room full of luggage, groceries and utensils.
Thanks for the access to your marvelous blog What a gem of a discovery all the blogs of your travels I am looking forward to exploring your photos and impressions this trip and previous ones Today, although predicted snow, is sunny and mild I must get out to plant the last few bulbs
In the meantime many thanks for alerting us to your fascinating blogs
Warm regards
Enny and Jolyon
Thanks for your interest Glad you are enjoying the blogs. We find it helpful to have this travel record and be able to get back to a little of what we experience as we go. Those bulbs will be happy to be underground. Keep warm. Our very best wishes to you both. Marilyn and Chris
Your abode Your abode looks very much like the one we had on the coast south of St Nazaire at a camping ground.Perhaps there is a one size fits all in France.Do you have to perch the ipad on top of the fridge and then stand on a chair to operate it like we did with the laptop?
The tiny chateau in the woods We have seen a whole lot of these places lined up in a yard outside Rennes. Our model is a Pacifique class establishment. We have reasonable Internet but only one can use it at a time, mainly my tablet, but Marilyn had her turn first. Until last night we had no neighbours anywhere. Then about 5 groups of French people arrived who all knew each other - oh boy did they talk. Temps up to 34 yesterday - cold beers from the fridge. Love to see how our large French neighbours use the tiny toilet. Perhaps they do it the French way - in public. Another hot one today. Talk about extremes - 12 to 18 and suddenly over 30. Who's complaining.
So nice torelive with you some of the places I visited many years ago. Most impressed by the light raila in Angers. Auckland could do well with this at a huge cost. Thank you. Take care !!
Reliving past experiences Thank you. Pleased to be of assistance. Over the next week we are reliving some of the area we visited 4 years ago. This time in more depth. Chateaux visiting time now. Might came back with some ideas for Alex. Keep well, keep warm.
Microwave? Us? No need to purchase such mod cons. Our current accommodation comes fully equipped. Thought you were going to ask if we had bought a fridge. Our only purchase is a cheap electric jug. Wonderful.
German cemeteries on 'foreign soil' The photo you took at La Cambe looks hauntingly like ones we have taken at German cemeteries in northern France and Crete.To us they have a more foreboding appearance than where the Allies are buried.
German cemeteries Perhaps the organization that administers the cemeteries is quite differently funded to that of the Allies. I would imagine the US contributes vast sums as does the Commonwealth. We think the German organization is privately funded. The dark crosses and plaques are quite different to the white crosses and headstones. On this day the mist had just lifted so the atmosphere was even more foreboding.
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Concert
Any chance of photos from the concert?