Blogs from France, Europe - page 1294

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

We took the TGV train from Lyon to Paris which like the Eurostar trains in Italy you could tell was going really fast! Our train was non stop between Lyon and Paris so it was a very quick trip of around only 2 hours. We arrived into Paris Gare de Lyon which is one of a number of terminus stations in Paris. (There are different terminus stations depending on which direction you want to travel to from Paris.) Like we did in Amsterdam, we were able to buy a 3 day travel pass in Paris which gave us unlimited travel in the 3 inner zones for 3 days. Accommodation within the inner area of Paris was quite expensive so we ended up booking another ETAP hotel (similar to what we stayed in at Avignon) which was ... read more