Our road trip begins
2019年8月6日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
En route to Portsmouth having squeezed the world and his dog into the boot! Looking forward to our French adventure
All aboard!
2019年8月6日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Safely tucked up in our bunks...
Arromanches
2019年8月7日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Our first stop was the stunning seaside town of Arromanches - home to the famous Mulberry Harbour
Bayeux
2019年8月7日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 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
2019年8月7日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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 aもっと詳しく
Omaha beach
2019年8月7日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2019年8月7日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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 aもっと詳しく
Nantes
2019年8月8日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2019年8月8日, 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 dinnerもっと詳しく
Hotel Punta Lara
2019年8月9日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2019年8月10日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2019年8月10日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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 agoもっと詳しく
Les Grottes Pétrifiantes de Savonnières
2019年8月11日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2019年8月11日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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 theもっと詳しく
Mini Chateaux Parc
2019年8月12日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Chateau du Clos Lucé
2019年8月12日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Chateau d'Azay-Le-Rideau
2019年8月13日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Kayaking
2019年8月13日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Chinon
2019年8月14日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Parc de la Vallee
2019年8月15日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Chateau Langlais
2019年8月16日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 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 otherもっと詳しく
Les Nuits Fantastique
2019年8月16日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
A fabulous way to finish our week in the Loire valley
Palace of Versailles
2019年8月17日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
We managed to miss most of the rain to experience the wonder of Versailles
