Blogs from Bourg-en-Bresse, Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe

I lived in France for eight years from 1998 to 2006. Five of those years were in Bourg-en-Bresse a city in eastern France. In 2008 I returned to Bourg-en-Bresse for a short visit. Here are my recollections of the city and some photos. This blog is about Bourg-en-Bresse, a city in eastern France where I lived and worked for nearly five years. Except for some Europeans, not many world travelers know about this place as it doesn't sound as glamorous as Paris or Cannes or Nice. However, I grew fond of it and even went back to visit a couple of times after I moved to Thailand. In the past I have always lived in big cities, and considered myself more of an urbanite than a rural person. However, I came to appreciate small towns and ... read more

Le Bressan, Sarl les Girolles, 34 rue de la Republique Not expensive either. We had the 17 euro set menu. Help youself h'ors d'oevre buffet, chicken with cream sauce (we could have had snails or lamb) with a very good pommes dauphinoise and choice of dessert, cheese or fromage blanc. The cheese board was excellent and they gave us more bread. We had a creditabe bottle of Muscadet for less money than we paid for one very similar last night. Place was pretty full of locals. Service was friendly and efficient. A certain amusement that English people were eating there but nothing hostile. It was a very local place with very local specialties. The surprise when we hit the cheeseboard rather than the dessert was fun as well. For the record we ate the chevre, the ... read more

Having finally found an internet connection... 5th June This morning we went to work. Met up at Ashley's office and got onto the road at around 13:30. Caught the 3:50 shuttle to Calais - traveled chatting to another motorcyclist who was traveling for work. After Calais we drove down the motorway. The countryside gradually grew less English looking. Mostly the proportions of different types of trees. And the smell. The air got warmer and safter and wetter. We got the hang of how tolls are paid. This road has stopping places every 10 Km or so. Some have more facilities than others. Not all sell petrol. W got as far as St Quentin and here we stopped. We found a hotel (it does not have internet so this is being saved to stick to upload later) ... read more