Blogs from France, Europe - page 1292

After approximately 6 days, we determined that Amsterdam had been successfully defeated, and it was time to head to Belgium. The reason? Well, after 6 days of Heineken it was about time for some real beer, and there is no better place than Belgium. Oh god, is there no better place than Belgium. But where oh where in Belgium? Well, I guess theres no better way than hitting the motorway and finding out first-hand. We first drove towards Antwerpe and shortly found out that there wasn't much going on there, although from the shots you can clearly tell it is a beautiful city. The Captain's good friend advised that we should check out Brugge, and so forth we sailed. Judge for yourself, but Brugge is a very beautiful city full of cobblestone walkways, chocolate shops, old ... read more

Rural Camping Five days in an empty rural camping site in Vauchignon, South of Dijon. A deserted field where the nearest bakery or supermarket was to be found three villages away in a town called Nolay. Three days of pouring rain, day and night: a true test to my tent and my camping survivor skills! But I was looking forward to climbing the Falaises de Cormot, so I waited for the rain to stop. The falaise is beautiful though there were very few people climbing there. The routes are long and commiting and it's not always possible to set up a toprope, essencial in my case as I was climbing on my own. I had a hair-raising time abseiling from this vertical 40 metres high cliff and trying to climb it using the Petzl Basic blocker ... read more

We had 2 chances to see the Eiffel Tower. The first night was kind of a drive-by but the second night we got to drink champagne under it and then traveled to the top. We also stayed long enough to see it light up (which it does every hour after dark). ... read more

Here are a few photos of France: some in the south east around the Gorges du Verdon and some in the north east around Charmes... read more

1st of all, this post may get confusing as i have little time and the keyboard is one i have not seen before, the letters are all in the wrong place :) i return on the 8th of october. It has been difficult to find cheap internet, and when i was in portugal i could not recharge my fone, my stay with karin was amazing, i had so much fun, i saw such beautiful places. then i met up with chris in portugal and we heqded to the beaches, at a place called largos, i will do a map attached to this so you can see, it was beautiful there, the water was very clear and there was gorgeous cliff faces framing the water. i have less hten two weeks to go and i would love ... read more