Bath
5 июня 2023 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Today we drove back into England, with the town of Bath, in the county of Somerset, our first stop. Bath is a UNESCO world heritage site on the River Avon.
It is famous for its Roman Baths, built byЧитать далее
Calstock
5 июня 2023 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Our first night in Plymouth featured a dinner at the Tamar Inn, an old pub on the Tamar River at Calstock.
Calstock is 20 miles from Plymouth and to get there we crossed the Tamar River and headedЧитать далее
ПутешественникYour photos attest to its great beauty. Glad your weather continues fine.
Plymouth
6 июня 2023 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We spent today in Plymouth, which traces its history back to Saxon times. It lies between the River Ply and the Tamar River. Its name means the 'mouth of the Ply'. The Tamar River is the borderЧитать далее
ПутешественникPleased to see blue skies are continuing. Perfect day here today.
ПутешественникPleased your weather is better thank ours. Sounds like a grand day.
Heskyn Mill
6 июня 2023 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Our last night in Plymouth and also with the tour group ended with a celebration dinner at Heskyn Mill, a restaurant near Saltash on the Tamar River in Cornwall. It is a historic Grade 2 listedЧитать далее
ПутешественникYou certainly are having a grand tour. France will be a completely different experience. May fair skies follow the rest of your journey.
Stonehenge
7 июня 2023 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Our last day with the tour group began with the obligatory visit to Stonehenge.
Stonehenge, on the Salisbury Plains, is older than the pyramids, believed to be from 3000B.C. Much of its origins andЧитать далее
St. Pancras Station
7 июня 2023 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We are back in London and staying near St. Pancras station, so we are ready for our Eurostar to Paris in the morning.
St. Pancras was built in 1868 and is now the international terminal for railЧитать далее
ПутешественникDid Sally have an order in for you to collect from the Harry Potter shop?
London to Paris
8 июня 2023 г., Англия ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
This morning we left London bound for Paris, aboard the Eurostar. We were scheduled to leave at 8:01am and at exactly that time we started moving. The journey took 2.5 hours and was quiet, smooth andЧитать далее
Paris - Citroen Tour
8 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
After arriving in Paris and checking in to our hotel, we were picked up for a Paris sightseeing tour - in an original 1960 Citroen 2CV - and not just any Citroen 2CV - it was the one used in the 1981Читать далее
ПутешественникDriving in Europe can be a real adventure. When we visited the champs Elysse Wayne could not understand why there was a pedestrian underpass when there were no cars coming. He took off across the road and found out why about three lanes across out of about eight…and survived. He used the underpass on the way back…His other memorable moment in Paris was when he managed to join in with the start of the Paris marathon when out for a jog.
Versaille
9 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Today we went to the Palace of Versaille. It was a busy day. We left the hotel at 7:30am and returned at 6:30pm.
We had booked a guided tour and return train journey and it was definitely the rightЧитать далее
ПутешественникWhat a perfect day. Yes good move re the pre booked tour. We did not prebook and faced with hours and hours of queuing decided we would make do with garden and wandered at our leisure eventually finding our way to the petit palace where eagle eyed Wayne spotted that we could purchase tickets for the palace there also and there was no queue. We had an equally glorious weather day there. Very memorable.
Paris
10 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Today was another very busy day, a very hot day, which although it didn't go as we planned, still turned out well and probably may have been better.
We started the day with the guided tour of theЧитать далее
ПутешественникIf I remember correctly you are coming back to Paris. Perhaps you may be able to squeeze in a visit up the tower then.
Le Petite Prince de Paris
10 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
We began our Insight tour of France tonight with dinner at a little restaurant, Le Petite Prince de Paris, in the Latin Quarter. It was terrific and a great start to the tour. There are 30 of us andЧитать далее
Troyes
11 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Today we left behind the crowds of Paris and headed into the farmlands and vineyards of the Champagne region. The villages and wheat fields were picture perfect and looked just like the Tour deЧитать далее
Dijon
11 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
After lunch we left Troyes and travelled into the Burgundy region, home of some of the best and most expensive wines in the world, primarily pinot noir and chardonnay.
Our destination was Dijon, theЧитать далее
ПутешественникNo we will leave this one here for when we visit the chateau we bought.
ПутешественникEnjoy all the French delicacies…have some foie gras for me please.
Dijon
12 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
This morning we went on a walking tour of Dijon. It is a place we really enjoyed and it was not full of tourists.
The highlights were the Catholic Church of Notre-Dame, considered a masterpiece ofЧитать далее
Route des Grand Cru
12 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
After looking around Dijon, we enjoyed a fantastic drive along the famous Route des Grand Cru on the Cote-D'or to the town of Beaune. This is a route through the historic wineries of the BurgundyЧитать далее
Beaune
12 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Once in Beaune we visited the fascinating Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune, a former charitable hospital. It was founded in 1443 by the chancellor of Burgundy as a hospital for the poor and run by an order ofЧитать далее
ПутешественникYou have stirred up some happy memories of our own travel in this vicinity.
Clos St. Louis
12 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Our day finished with one of the highlights of the tour so far. We visited a Premier Cru winery in the village of Fixin - the Clos St. Louis. The owner and winemaker Phillip Bernard took us on a tourЧитать далее
Chamonix - Mont Blanc
13 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Today we enjoyed a simply stunning drive into and through the French Alps, with our destination being Chamonix, where the 1924 winter Olympics were held.
On the drive we were very close toЧитать далее
ПутешественникClouds and mountains are never a good combination. Good choice of alternative.
Mer de Glace
13 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
A 'petit train' takes you up to Montenvers, 1913m high, where there are views of the Mer de Glace. The glacier is receding so it was a long walk to it after catching a gondola, so we spent some timeЧитать далее
La Cabane des Praz
13 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
For dinner tonight, we drove into the nearby hills to the La Cabane des Praz, a log cabin restaurant with great views of the golf course and mountain peaks. The dinner was pretty good - you were givenЧитать далее
Mont-Blanc
14 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We woke up this morning, opened the curtains and there it was - Mont-Blanc had appeared in beautiful sunshine!! It was a 'wow' moment.
Spectacular is an understatement. We weren't leaving untilЧитать далее
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I’m finally catching up with your days. Have been busy getting ready for a Sydney-Fingal Bay-Melbourne jaunt for a couple of weeks. Making Mum a birthday present. In Sydney with Em for the weekend. Going in to see Vivid tonight.
Annecy
14 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
If yesterdays drive was stunningly spectacular, then today's was even more so, as we made our way through the valleys of the French Alps to Annecy. A cloudless blue sky made it very special. It is aЧитать далее
ПутешественникWe thought it one of the most beautiful placed we have ever visited.
ПутешественникMmmm I can feel through your photos just how relaxed you are.
Grenoble
14 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We spent the night in Grenoble as we make our way towards Nice and Monaco. Once again, this was a spectacular drive.
Grenoble was the venue for the 1968 winter Olympics. It was
heavily bombed by theЧитать далее
Napoleonic Road
15 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Ww left Grenoble and travelled to Nice on the 200 mile long Napoleonic Road.
This is the route Napoleon and his supporters took as they marched from his landing point near Cannes to Grenoble, on hisЧитать далее
Nice
15 июня 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We arrived in Nice, on the Cote d'Azur this afternoon. Our hotel faces the beach and the Mediterranean.
There has been a settlement at Nice since 400B.C. It is the second oldest town in France, withЧитать далее
ПутешественникWe couldn't find the shop again. A good thing we couldn't, they were $11.00 Australian each.
Путешественник
There's hardly anyone there! How good!
ПутешественникIt was busy half an hour later!!