Lille
2023年4月9日, ベルギー ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
First overnight stop of the Grand Tour, in Lille, just over the border in Northern France. My first visit to the city. The hotel faces the beautiful Lilles Flandres train station & the view is lovely.
Lille a Paris
2023年4月10日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Taking the slow commuter train on Easter Monday. A double decker train and I have the top deck to myself 😂
Paris
2023年4月10日, ベルギー ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
A brief stop in my favourite city on my way to le côté ouest de France.
Lunch in a local brasserie near my least favourite train station in Paris - Montparnasse, just opposite the famous toweringもっと詳しく
Nantes
2023年4月11日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
First impressions are revolting!
Les machines de l'ile, Nantes
2023年4月11日, フランス ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Best re-use of an old shipyard I've ever seen. Wonderful creative feats of imagination and engineering.
Nantes to Bordeaux
2023年4月12日, フランス ⋅ 🌬 10 °C
InterCity train trip passing through Luçon, LaRochelle and Saintes before arriving over 5 hours later in Bordeaux. If the weather was warmer/dryer I would stop and take a look at LaRochelle, withもっと詳しく
Bordeaux
2023年4月13日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
Staying in a lovely pre-gentrified neighbourhood of terraced houses of golden stone, crumbling abandoned workshops and peeling wooden shutters.
Bordeaux - last day
2023年4月14日, フランス ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Torrential showers = indoor entertainment and a visit to La Cité du Vin for the story of wine and viticulture. Admission price included one glass of wine in the 8th floor Belvédère bar which has aもっと詳しく
Crossing the border to Spain
2023年4月15日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Or passing from le Pays Basque to El Pais Vasco
Biarritz
2023年4月15日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Biarritz - final day
2023年4月17日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Typical local architecture, a visit to les Halles market for picnic supplies, à glompse of surfers at the famous Côte des Basques, picnic spot, sunset dinner on the rooftop of Les Baigneusesもっと詳しく
San Sebastian
2023年4月18日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Here for La Concha beach, the pintxos and the "Accidentally Wes Anderson" Funicular
San Sebastian 2
2023年4月18日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
旅行者Constitution Square. Originally used as the bullring, the numbered balconies were owned by the Council and rented out for la corrida. Like every other historical monument here, it was rebuilt after being destroyed and burnt yo the ground by the Anglo-Portugese troops in August 1813. The building with the clock was also used as the City Council office.
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St Vincent's- the oldest building in San Sebastian. Originally built in the 12th century, much of the current Gothic building was built in the 15th century with later modifications in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It may be the only building not razed to the ground in August 1813 when the Anglo-Portugese troops attached the city. Instead it served as a hospital for the many wounded and dying.
San Sebastian to Bilbao
2023年4月20日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Taking the (very) slow local Euskotren along the Basque coast and through the mountains to Bilbao. The scenic route. It's the journey not the destination.
Bilbao
2023年4月21日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
A walk along the river to the Guggenheim Museum
Bilbao to Santander by FEVE train
2023年4月22日, スペイン
Travelling across North West Spain the slow way. The FEVE narrow gauge railway meanders along the coast then wanders through the Cantabrian mountains, stopping at dozens of tiny villages. There areもっと詳しく
Santander
2023年4月22日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Not only a ferry port... there are some beautiful buildings here...
Asturias - Oviedo
2023年4月23日, スペイン ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Slowly making my way along the beautiful NW coast of Spain. Fabulous scenery despite the rain which unfortunately was hard to capture inside a speeding bus in a downpour. Oviedo, also in a downpour,もっと詳しく
Leon
2023年4月27日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
In the ancient seat of Castilian Kings and the earlier capital of Spain, Leon has over a thousand years of history... And it is my first visit since I lived here for a year as a naive teenager 45もっと詳しく
Sant Salvador, Catalonia
2023年5月1日, スペイン ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
El Vendrell
2023年5月5日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Birthplace of Pau Casals. Market Town surrounded by vineyards between the coast and the Penedes mountains.
Museu Pau Casals, Sant Salvador
2023年5月10日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
旅行者It is lovely. And right next door. I have booked a table for lunch tomorrow on the terrace of their restaurant. You can just see it through the garden window in the penultimate photo.
Nimes, France
2023年5月13日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
The most Roman city outside of Italy
Breda to Hannover, Germany
2023年5月20日, ドイツ ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
旅行者View from the hotel in Lille! First night.
旅行者Nice 👍