Our road trip begins
August 6, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
En route to Portsmouth having squeezed the world and his dog into the boot! Looking forward to our French adventure
All aboard!
August 6, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Safely tucked up in our bunks...
Arromanches
August 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Our first stop was the stunning seaside town of Arromanches - home to the famous Mulberry Harbour
Bayeux
August 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Bayeux is a really beautiful little town with a marvellous cathedral that used to display the tapestry once a year. So much history associated with this place - it was a joy to walk around
Bayeux military cementry
August 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
An essential part of the girls education and they were really intrigued by all the different regiments and from all the different corners of the world that men and women came together to fight aRead more
Omaha beach
August 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
I never really appreciated what a vast Beach this is. Hard to imagine what it must of been like 75 years ago. A completely different world today
Mont St Michel
August 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
This has to be one of the highlights of the trip so far. Such a magical island full of history and very Hogwarts-esque. The light show in the abbey in the evening was really good - culminating with aRead more
Nantes
August 8, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Les machines de Nantes - A quick stop off to see a recommended combination of engineering and creativity in the centre of Nante. Bonus was seeing both the girls get soaked by the elephant!
Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile
August 8, 2019, Bay of Biscay ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Or next stop was on a little island just off the coast of Vendée. We explored a cute little model village Museum which showed the styles of different French houses.
We had a sumptuous seafood dinnerRead more
Hotel Punta Lara
August 9, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
The hotel we stayed at was quite quaint and although we had to move rooms because our first was very damp, we did enjoy our stay there and the beach walks were very picturesque
Lots of love ! G and G here. It’s raining and D / G bern watching rugby. I’ve been washing poppies. Have fun. Large hugs 😘😘😘😘
Troglogytique Cave Village
August 10, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
En route to our stay in the Loire Valley we popped in to visit that’s fantastic village built into the caves for refugees.
Domaine Plessis Gallu
August 10, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Our home for a week. We are staying in a converted tower which is part of a château in the very picturesque town of Azay-le-Rideau. François and his wife Sophie purchased the Estate five years agoRead more
Les Grottes Pétrifiantes de Savonnières
August 11, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We visited these caves close to Villandry where the limestone deposits are used to coat ornaments and they are then sold
Chateau Villandry
August 11, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
This was our first chateau that we visited and it is famous for its spectacular gardens. It is still privately owned and they have restored the gardens to how they were in the height of theRead more
Mini Chateaux Parc
August 12, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Chateau du Clos Lucé
August 12, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Chateau d'Azay-Le-Rideau
August 13, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Kayaking
August 13, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Chinon
August 14, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Parc de la Vallee
August 15, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Chateau Langlais
August 16, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
This chateau is very much dedicated to the wedding of Anne of Brittany and the merger of the Duchy of Brittany to the rest of Royal France. Isobel was please to see more bedrooms compared to the otherRead more
Les Nuits Fantastique
August 16, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
A fabulous way to finish our week in the Loire valley
Palace of Versailles
August 17, 2019 in France ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
We managed to miss most of the rain to experience the wonder of Versailles
Paris day 1
August 18, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Paris Day 2
August 19, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C