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- Jour 1
- mercredi 5 avril 2023 à 09:00
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Altitude: 69 p
Pays de GallesNewport Railway Station51°35’19” N 3°0’3” W
All set to go! Jane looks keen!
5 avril 2023, Pays de Galles ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
The time has finally arrived. The journey begins.
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- Jour 1
- mercredi 5 avril 2023 à 10:30
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 72 p
- Pays de GallesNewport Railway Station51°35’19” N 3°0’4” W
Why would you want to leave Newport?
5 avril 2023, Pays de Galles ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
If we had any last minute doubts about going, the journey in the rain to the train station soon dispelled them. Why would you want to stay there, more like!?! 🌧️☔
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- Jour 1
- mercredi 5 avril 2023 à 11:30
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 92 p
FranceGare de l’État44°50’26” N 0°33’31” W
First leg.
5 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Long, and almost problem free day. Everything was tickety boo until we reached our final destination..... Versailles Chantiers train station. From there it should have been, according to Google Maps,En savoir plus
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- Jour 2
- jeudi 6 avril 2023 à 10:00
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 440 p
- FranceGrand Canal48°48’19” N 2°7’10” E
Nice pad.
6 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
A bit like the UK in 2023, there was obviously a housing crisis in 17th century Paris. So Louis XIV decided to build his own pad. Didn't make a bad job of it, did he? And........ It's huge.
Of course,En savoir plus
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- Jour 2
- jeudi 6 avril 2023 à 18:00
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 433 p
- FranceSaint-Louis48°48’2” N 2°7’30” E
Chez Lazare - Rue de Satory, Versailles
6 avril 2023, France ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Fabulous little French restaurant in Versailles. Place was buzzing and they cooked the meats on the grill inside the restaurant and in front of you. I had duck skewers in a pepper sauce whilst JaneEn savoir plus
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- Jour 2
- jeudi 6 avril 2023 à 23:27
- 🌙 9 °C
- Altitude: 433 p
- FranceSaint-Louis48°48’2” N 2°7’30” E
Slept with one eye open last night!
6 avril 2023, France ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
Started playing cards and I happened to win quite a few hands. All sorts of threats started coming my way, so slept with one eye open...... Just to be sure! 🥺
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- Jour 3
- vendredi 7 avril 2023 à 12:30
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 79 p
- FranceLa Bastide44°50’40” N 0°33’15” W
Beautiful Bordeaux - Day 1
7 avril 2023, France ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Great couple of days just strolling around this beautiful, old city. England and France fought over the right to control Bordeaux for centuries; and it's easy to see why..... It's stunning.
Also, it'sEn savoir plus
VoyageurLooks fabulous! Keep the photos coming, we love seeing what you’re up to and where you’ve visited 😍 xxx
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- Jour 4
- samedi 8 avril 2023 à 01:30
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 226 p
- FranceSaint-Émilion44°53’35” N 0°9’22” W
Bordeaux 2 - Saint-Emilion
8 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Simply wonderful afternoon spent visiting two wine making Chateaux, and the BEAUTIFUL village of Saint-Emilion. Oh, and we were forced to sample a few glasses of Grand Cru Saint-Emilion wine as well.En savoir plus
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- Jour 4
- samedi 8 avril 2023 à 21:14
- 🌙 14 °C
- Altitude: 79 p
- FranceThe Water Mirror44°50’21” N 0°34’11” W
Spanish tapas - Can't help ourselves!
8 avril 2023, France ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
After our exertions trying to get through all the Saint-Emilion samples on offer this afternoon, we decided to venture back into Bordeaux for some food. We came across this Tapas bar (El Pata Negra),En savoir plus
VoyageurI can't lie, Gaynor, it was brought to our table by mistake; but I could see the potential for a photo, so asked the waiter to leave it where it was for a second or two whilst I took the snap! 😂
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- Jour 5
- dimanche 9 avril 2023 à 17:28
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 466 p
- FranceChâteau Comtal43°12’24” N 2°21’48” E
Carcassonne
9 avril 2023, France ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Over night stop over as we make our way through France and towards Italy. Weather still being kind to us, although there are whispers of storm Noa approaching France and the UK shortly.
We have foundEn savoir plus
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- Jour 6
- lundi 10 avril 2023 à 08:45
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 367 p
- FranceCarcassonne Railway Station43°13’1” N 2°21’4” E
Morning coffee down by the river
10 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
On our way to the train station, heading to Nice, we killed a spare 45 minutes with a cup of coffee watching the boats on the river, using the "lock" system to move upstream.
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- Jour 6
- lundi 10 avril 2023 à 18:29
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 89 p
- FranceNice Ville43°42’17” N 7°15’43” E
Nice Nice
10 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Ok, so I realise it's an obvious choice of headline for this post. But it sort of sums up our first impression of Nice. It's just..... nice, that's all. But the architecture is interesting.
But ourEn savoir plus
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- Jour 7
- mardi 11 avril 2023 à 10:36
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 95 p
- FranceNice Ville43°42’17” N 7°15’42” E
Takes me back to my student days.
11 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Ok....... so......we are students again!
Takes me back to Crwys Road, Cardiff way back when (1978-82 to be precise).
I was planning on doing research for a book to write after this holiday.......En savoir plus
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- Jour 7
- mardi 11 avril 2023 à 15:03
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 1 299 p
- FranceÈze43°43’40” N 7°21’42” E
The real Nice
11 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
After being slightly underwhelmed by our first evening in Nice, our second day was wonderful. Found the 'Old Nice' in the morning and wandered around the market and coffee bars; in the afternoon weEn savoir plus
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- Jour 8
- mercredi 12 avril 2023 à 17:51
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 49 p
ItalieGiardini Pubblici Mariele Ventre44°16’17” N 9°23’45” E
Sestri - Weston-super-mare on steroids
12 avril 2023, Italie ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Have to hold my hands up here and admit to a mistake in dates. Plan was to go straight to La Spezia from Nice but I got my dates mixed up. Booked our place in La Specia for the following day so weEn savoir plus
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- Jour 9
- jeudi 13 avril 2023 à 13:00
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 154 p
- ItalieRiomaggiore44°5’56” N 9°44’19” E
Train strikes force change of plans
13 avril 2023, Italie ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
As I have always said to Lissy and Emily, try to make the best out of every situation in which you find yourself.
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- Jour 10
- vendredi 14 avril 2023 à 10:09
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: Niveau de la mer
- ItaliePorto Mirabello44°5’59” N 9°49’41” E
La Spezia Port
14 avril 2023, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
This was due to be our day to visit the Cinque Terre, but it was scuppered by the rail strike. So, what to do on a beautiful sunny day? We planned to take a boat trip to Portovenere, which we wereEn savoir plus
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- Jour 12
- dimanche 16 avril 2023 à 12:22
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 233 p
- ItaliePiazza delle Erbe45°26’31” N 10°59’54” E
There is no world without Verona walls..
16 avril 2023, Italie ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Or so says Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. It is still debated as to whether they actually existed in real life. And if they were based on real people then they almost certainly didn't live in Verona. ButEn savoir plus
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- Jour 12
- dimanche 16 avril 2023 à 18:07
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 223 p
- ItalieChiesa di San Pietro Martire45°26’44” N 10°59’57” E
Side street restaurant
16 avril 2023, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
As is our wont, we sought out a "local" restaurant, rather than stick to the formulaic tourist places (all laid up, complete with slick salesman type of waiter to greet you.......you know the sort).En savoir plus
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- Jour 13
- lundi 17 avril 2023 à 11:30
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 200 p
- ItalieSirmione45°29’43” N 10°36’34” E
Lake Garda
17 avril 2023, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
You can't come to Italy and not spend a day on one of the lakes. We chose Garda as it is only a 20 minute train journey from Verona.
With snow capped mountains in the distance it was no wonder thatEn savoir plus
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- Jour 14
- mardi 18 avril 2023 à 14:55
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 177 p
- ItalieGiardino storico Basevi45°38’44” N 13°46’35” E
Trieste - Vienna by the sea
18 avril 2023, Italie ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Today's picture collection of old buildings and selfies comes courtesy of Trieste.
A completely different feel to other Italian towns, it has a Central European feel, deriving from it's history asEn savoir plus
VoyageurWhilst we drank plenty of coffee in Trieste, we didn't actually have one here. We just liked the name of the place!
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- Jour 14
- mardi 18 avril 2023 à 17:00
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 200 p
- ItalieParco della Rimembranza45°38’52” N 13°46’33” E
City of coffee..... And petrol pumps
18 avril 2023, Italie ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Ok, popped into a cake shop in the afternoon for coffee and cannoli. What else would you expect to see but an old petrol pump!
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- Jour 15
- mercredi 19 avril 2023 à 15:00
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 1 785 p
SlovéniePivka45°40’53” N 14°11’49” E
Pivka
19 avril 2023, Slovénie ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Some things on this trip are a given.......the grandeur of Versailles, the serenity of Lake Garda, or the bliss of drinking St Emilion Grand Cru. But every now and then a surprise comes along.
On ourEn savoir plus
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- Jour 16
- jeudi 20 avril 2023 à 12:12
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 433 p
CroatiePetrolejska Luka45°20’39” N 14°24’33” E
A glitch in the matrix?
20 avril 2023, Croatie ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
The most interesting thing about Rijeka was this building under refurb, with a drape over it to make it look like it is still there, as it was. I know it's not much, but that's it. Nothing else.
BUT,En savoir plus
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- Jour 17
- vendredi 21 avril 2023 à 22:18
- 🌙 10 °C
- Altitude: 997 p
- SlovénieTivoli park46°3’10” N 14°30’18” E
I ❤️ Ljubliana
21 avril 2023, Slovénie ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
OMG. We've only been here a few hours, but already we are in love. This place is unbelievable.
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VoyageurBrilliant.. the back packs as big as you Jane 😊
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Well done packing everything you need into a backpack. We’d need one back pack just for mikes shoes if we did this 🤣
VoyageurHahaha.... Funnily enough, Mike admitted as much last week when we were discussing this. Guess what we are finding, though? We have too many clothes! I haven't worn some stuff yet and it's washing day on Tues. 😂