Blogs from Centre, France, Europe - page 7

Forecast was sunshine but it was raining a little when we got up so no problem going in Tandy to the supermarket to get our take home shop. There's an Intermarche the other side of Beaugency we've used a few times so we drove along to there and stocked up with Bob's wine supplies for the summer. Then off to the Chateau at Cheverny as we've not visited it before. Perfect timing as we arrived and found a nice big free carpark just for motorhomes, the sun came out again. Had a lovely visit. Saw the rather lovely hunting hounds and then the Kitchen Gardens which are wonderful. Then off to the cafe for lunch before a touring the chateau itself. An excellent finale to what has turned out to be a very good holiday.... read more

Mostly, this was a day of getting from one place to another. It was prolonged because a major highway was closed, we think due to flooding or flood damage. This caused us to take another route that added 100 km to our trip. But we try to never have a day without doing something of interest, so today we stopped by the little town of Annecy, France. It has canals and a river runs through it, and is picturesque enough that it has been said to be one of the prettiest small towns in France. We wandered the streets, looked into the old chateau, and then Dean and Chuck and I stopped at a local brasserie and had cappuccino and waffles, while the ladies went shopping. We then drove on into Bourges, which we did not ... read more

Well I made a post with lots of details only to have it disappear. But we're not doing much right now, just relaxing, trying out the new (to us) neighborhood of St Germaine de Pres. Hopefully this blog will get better when we go to Seychelles. This is a new area in Paris for us and we were surprised to find its a real epicenter for sporting fervor. Last nigh France played Romania and the streets were totally clogged with yelling cheering people. Even though many of the sidewalks were full of trash from the garbage strike. This afternoon we went for our meeting with Dino, our new EMEA sales rep. We went to a lovely restaurant and shared a platter of cold seafood. The prawns and langustino and lobster were great but we found the ... read more

Depuis Tours nous nous posons la question de visiter le château d'Amboise ou celui de Blois. Finalement suite aux conseils de plusieurs personnes, il vaut mieux aller à Blois et en plus il doit y avoir un camping sympa, qui nous y mènera facilement. La veille nous traversons la ville pour mieux nous situer et nous promettons le lendemain d'y venir en train, depuis Muides sur Loire où nous nous installons pour la nuit. Petite aventure au matin.... Nos voisins de parcelle, des suisses de Berne se lèvent en même temps que nous et nous demandent si nous n'avons rien... ??? ils ont été visités durant la nuit, de même que leurs voisins de Zurich... la fenêtre qui se trouve côté table de salle à manger a été fracturée... Rien entendu, rien vu... ouf nous n'avons ... read more

Life Winter is now over in mid April but you would not guess it with the temperature back down to low singles at night but even 8 degrees during the day seems warm after Feb and March, should have kept the electric blanket on. Never mind we can snuggle down with the Tibetan bed warmer. (Not the Dalai Lama although he does seem like a great chap)We are definitely going away next winter possibly by ferry to the Canary Islands if we can take Yeti. Failing that a villa in Spain or Portugal. Then for the one after will think about a return to Aus and try and work out what to do with Swara , we came close to putting her up for sale but changed our mind. We know she is still there in ... read more