Blogs from Poitou-Charentes, France, Europe - page 2

Da ich gestern Meeresfrüchte gegessen hatte, nahm ich das Frühstücksangebot mit Schinken aus Bayonne und Käse und Baguette dankend zum Ausgleich an. Vorher natürlich die obligatorischen Corn Flakes. Auf Croissant und das leckere Pain au Chocolat verzichtete ich diesmal. Danach startete ich meine Spaziergang durch das Zentrum.. Den alten Hafen hatte ich ja am Vorabend schon gesehen und er ist wirklich sehr sehenswert. Die Einfahrt wird durch zwei große Türme bewacht, die abends schön beleuchtet werden. Ich machte mich auch auf die Suche nach einem Starbucks, aber es gab dann doch keines. Google hatte bei der Suche danach ein anderes Café angezeigt und das war auch weiter weg vom Wasser. Statt dessen bestellte ich Eis und Cappuccino am Hafen und auch diesmal kostete letzterer über 5 Euro für eine normale Tasse. Also wie am Vortag auf ... read more

In the space of 36 hours we have gone from mountain to walled city to chateau to donkeys in pyjamas. Bonkers. We left the pyrenees layer then planted (normal service resumed there) managing not to leave anything behind. Slightly worried that the ants were making an appearance again having found a couple on Seths toy case...... I'll keep you posted. We made our way to Carcassonne, weirdly 4 years to the day since we last went, in the sun, passing fields and fields of sunflowers. I still want to be a sunflower farmer! No song turns and we find pyre way to the place where all of france was yesterday. Literally all of them. Seth was overwhelmed by the city walls, castle like and huge, but less overawed by his pizza lunch! He had pretty quickly ... read more

When you visit places it is so easy to try to compare them with other places you have visited. I don't sometimes think it is the right thing to do . Each place has its own unique features. But comparing is what we do. It is as if we cannot help ourselves. We have to look at a place and ask ourselves how it compares with another place we have been to. We did this with La Coutiniere comparing it with a small fishing village on Olerons sister island Ile de Rey. We were staying at the local campsite of Sous Bois. Slightly out of town on a dusty white potholed road into town. It was an interesting site. Cheap as it was on ACSI so we only parted with just over 14 euros. The owner ... read more

I was standing in the early morning sunshine at our camping site in deep conversation with the receptionist who was out listening to the birds whilst smoking her first cigarette of the day. She said how nice the morning was. How lovely the birdsong was? Did I know the Hirondelle? He was back. She described a black bird with a white chest. I had so many ideas but none were right. All of a sudden they appeared. Five or six of them perched on a beam in the shed. Swallows I told her were what we called them. They made such a noise swooping and diving catching insects. We stood for a while entranced in their every movement. Coulon is like that. It is enchanting in every way. I thought one swallow does not a summer ... read more

Hallo ihr Lieben Durch das wunderschöne Bordeauxgebiet sind wir in St. Georges de Didonne, für 2 Nächte gelandet. Nach einem kleinen Ausflug mit dem Roller, haben wir uns eine Auszeit genommen, sind zum Leuchtturm gewandert und haben uns im Nachhinein einige Austern mit einem kleinen Schluck Roséwein gegönnt. Heute Abend essen wir im Campingplatz angeschlossenem Restaurant "La Playa", Dorade mit Gemüse und einem feinen Schluck Wein von der Umgebung.... read more