Our road trip begins
6 августа 2019 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 августа 2019 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Safely tucked up in our bunks...
Arromanches
7 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Our first stop was the stunning seaside town of Arromanches - home to the famous Mulberry Harbour
Bayeux
7 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 aЧитать далее
Omaha beach
7 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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
7 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 aЧитать далее
Nantes
8 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 августа 2019 г., 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 dinnerЧитать далее
Hotel Punta Lara
9 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 agoЧитать далее
Les Grottes Pétrifiantes de Savonnières
11 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 theЧитать далее
Mini Chateaux Parc
12 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Chateau du Clos Lucé
12 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Chateau d'Azay-Le-Rideau
13 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Kayaking
13 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Chinon
14 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Parc de la Vallee
15 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Chateau Langlais
16 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 otherЧитать далее
Les Nuits Fantastique
16 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
A fabulous way to finish our week in the Loire valley
Palace of Versailles
17 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
We managed to miss most of the rain to experience the wonder of Versailles
Paris day 1
18 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Paris Day 2
19 августа 2019 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C