Our road trip begins
6. august 2019, 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!
6. august 2019, England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Safely tucked up in our bunks...
Arromanches
7. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Our first stop was the stunning seaside town of Arromanches - home to the famous Mulberry Harbour
Bayeux
7. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 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
7. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 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 aLæs mere
Omaha beach
7. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 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
Just standing there takes you back to the war - suggest you miss out on the statue of De Gaulle with the inscription Le Libérateur de France! What a joke!
Mont St Michel
7. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 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 aLæs mere
Nantes
8. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 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
8. august 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 dinnerLæs mere
Hotel Punta Lara
9. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 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
10. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 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
10. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 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 agoLæs mere
Les Grottes Pétrifiantes de Savonnières
11. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 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
11. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 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 theLæs mere
Mini Chateaux Parc
12. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Chateau du Clos Lucé
12. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Chateau d'Azay-Le-Rideau
13. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Kayaking
13. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Chinon
14. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Parc de la Vallee
15. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Chateau Langlais
16. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 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 otherLæs mere
Les Nuits Fantastique
16. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
A fabulous way to finish our week in the Loire valley
Palace of Versailles
17. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
We managed to miss most of the rain to experience the wonder of Versailles
Paris day 1
18. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Paris Day 2
19. august 2019, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C