Blogs from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe - page 216

I spent yesterday in Amsterdam and will add some more photos to my last post. Today I went to Brugge or Bruges depending on which of the 2 languages you are using. It is a great little town with lots of old buildings etc. They specialize in Chocolate and lace (couldn't get any good lace photos :-() After the day in Brugge I went to Brussels to meet Ann and Blanca. Ann is taking classes there a few days a week and Blanca (from Spain) is working for the EU. We had a nice dinner, I had Mussels in Brussels (yummy in white wine sauce) I will travel to Stuttgart tomorrow to visit Nieves and Manuel and to go snowboarding, YIPPEEE!!! ... read more

Nice One in the South ... read more

September 13 Monday From Russia, we flew to Paris for the last leg of our adventure. Taking the Air France shuttle bus to Etoile then taking a taxi to #24 Avenue Gabriel, we were so warmly welcomed by Cynthia. It was good to be “home” again. We told Cynthia that we will spend the night there but need to leave early the following morning for Orly airport for our separate flights to Lourdes and to Marseilles. Emy and I are splitting up so I can visit Lourdes again while she visits Avignon and Arles, which I have visited back in 2003. We promised to meet up in Marseilles from where we can go to Aix en Provence before flying back to Paris. The 'plan' didn't meet with Cynthia's approval, insisting that we two should travel together. ... read more

An early start this morning, as we departed for Antibes, on the Côte d'Azur. Our morning song, ACDC's 'All Night Long', played once again on the way. We stopped off at Avignon in Provence, for a couple of hours, allowing us to have lunch and explore the wonders of this medieval town. Avignon is enclosed by massive ramparts, and became a papal territory when Pope Clement V descended from Rome in 1309, and taking up residence in the Palais des Papes which is a towering sight overlooking the town. Avignon remained a papal territory until 1377, by which time every successor had transformed a once modest building into a magnificent palace. The town also contains other charming sights - the 13th-century Petit Palais, once the Archbishop of Avignon's residence, the Cathédrale de Notre-Dame-des-Doms, and the 14th-century ... read more

I began this journey thinking i would have heaps of time to relax and be in the cafe writing about my magnificent journey with tales and exciting stories of debortury (spell check), etc etc. but as it turns out... the Trip is Proving to be far more relaxing than that, and I cannot be arsed going to the cafe to tell the likes of you what I am up to all the time;  i was going to keep a diary too but no can do: too relaxed.  So What have we done So far? even With a stop off to the olympic training camp of one Simon Thompson and the rest of  the team; we made it to south of france in record time to spend some time working on our tans and looking good for the ... read more