Blogs from Brittany , France, Europe

Banbury was a great place as a base to explore so many quaint and historic Cotswold villages with everyday taking us in a different direction. We have been very lucky too with the English weather as we have enjoyed some beautiful sunny days. Our next cat sit was in Chippenham near Bath, another pretty historical town with lots of golden honey coloured buildings close to the River Avon. Again there are many more villages and houses to explore. One manor has had lots of filming taken place there such as "The other Boleyn girl" and Wolf Hall, neither of which I have seen yet. Castle Combe village just 3 miles from us claims to be the most beautiful village in Britain and again used for productions such as Downton Abbey and Wolf Hall. After flying to ... read more

The breakfast room was pretty empty but also fully stocked, except my three-minute egg machine was not working, or it was working there were just no eggs. We had already taken showers so after breakfast it was just a quick finish packing and we were off. It rained pretty hard overnight and was still raining when we left. Its Monday and Victory day here in France, there was a bit gathering of French Naval personnel, in full uniform just up the street from our hotel having some type of ceremony to honor the day. This was not a long driving day, a little over 2 hours to Dinan, our first stop. Would have been quicker but we had a bit of trouble finding a gas station. If you really want to experience France, buy gas in ... read more

TUE, 28 JUN 2022 – “Day 4: CAEN–MONT ST. MICHEL–SAINT-MALO - MONT ST. MICHEL Guided visit of the abbey; SAINT-MALO Orientation ride on the Little Train. Free time late afternoon and evening. (B); 124 mi / 200 km”... read more

Just a quick update today - Maggie blew through coastal France last week, porting in Brest. There are a few pictures, though she did report that the mud flats were not as bad as she had thought (no photos of those unfortunately). They did not make it to Paris because they were not able to buy return train tickets, so alas, Disneyland France will have to wait. She and her friends did celebrate pedicures and fancy dinner on the ship together, though, which she said was tons of fun and one of the best times she's had on the ship. A few pictures from that in this post. And I added several photos from Portugal, so backup to that previous post and be sure to check out the Paiva walkways images - they will make your ... read more

Vrijdag 24/07/2020 – Locmariaquer Onze Normandië-Bretagne trip zit er zowat op. Deze morgen begonnen we aan de terugtocht naar huis, met een overnachtingsstop in Honfleur. Weeral. Want we kennen het daar en het ligt halfweg op onze route. De laatste twee vorige dagen genoten we van het schitterende weer op de camping van Locmariaquer, repareerden een lekke fietsband, en lazen onze laatste meegesleurde boeken uit. Nu we niets meer te lezen hebben moeten we wel naar huis. Onze 'zot veel vakantie' toch niet te ver van huis, zoals gepromoot op radio 2 komt hiermee aan zijn eind. Hopelijk op tijd terug vooraleer de nieuwe on-line terugkeerverklaringen vanuit het buitenland effectief verplicht worden. Toch nog een voordeel van onze traag werkende federale regering. Met dank aan de volgers en de commentaren die we mochten ontvangen. Volledige route ... read more