All set to go! Jane looks keen!
5 апреля 2023 г., Уэльс ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
The time has finally arrived. The journey begins.
Why would you want to leave Newport?
5 апреля 2023 г., Уэльс ⋅ ☁️ 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!?! 🌧️☔
First leg.
5 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 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,Читать далее
ПутешественникBoo hiss google maps 😱god you could have done without that 😫😡
Nice pad.
6 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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,Читать далее
ПутешественникUnbelievably ostentatious inside I agree but gardens and fountains beautiful
Chez Lazare - Rue de Satory, Versailles
6 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 JaneЧитать далее
ПутешественникGreat to find these little places tucked away off the beaten track 🇭🇰
Slept with one eye open last night!
6 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ 🌙 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! 🥺
Beautiful Bordeaux - Day 1
7 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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'sЧитать далее
ПутешественникLooks fabulous! Keep the photos coming, we love seeing what you’re up to and where you’ve visited 😍 xxx
ПутешественникLooks like the weather was kind to you so hooray… yes fabulous buildings and walkways!
Bordeaux 2 - Saint-Emilion
8 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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.Читать далее
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You’re going to HAVE to make a photo book with all these incredible photos!! 📚📸
Spanish tapas - Can't help ourselves!
8 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ 🌙 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),Читать далее
ПутешественникI 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! 😂
Carcassonne
9 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 foundЧитать далее
Morning coffee down by the river
10 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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.
Nice Nice
10 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 ourЧитать далее
Takes me back to my student days.
11 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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.......Читать далее
The real Nice
11 апреля 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 weЧитать далее
Sestri - Weston-super-mare on steroids
12 апреля 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 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 weЧитать далее
Train strikes force change of plans
13 апреля 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 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.
So we arrived in La Spezia on the 13th for two nights, with a plan to spend the 14thЧитать далее
La Spezia Port
14 апреля 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 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 wereЧитать далее
You were right, Gary. Simon hadn't shared the link! Catching up on your travels. Impressive start. Have fun xx [Anth]
There is no world without Verona walls..
16 апреля 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 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. ButЧитать далее
ПутешественникWow this place looks so incredible! Photos are fab Dad ❤️🥰
Side street restaurant
16 апреля 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 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).Читать далее
ПутешественникThere’s a definite theme of food and drink running through these posts GT xx
Lake Garda
17 апреля 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 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 thatЧитать далее
ПутешественникJane was nagging me for a couple of days for us to go and try it. It was good. 👍
Trieste - Vienna by the sea
18 апреля 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 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 asЧитать далее
ПутешественникWhilst we drank plenty of coffee in Trieste, we didn't actually have one here. We just liked the name of the place!
ПутешественникLooks such an interesting place and, as you say, seems to have a Central Europe vibe
City of coffee..... And petrol pumps
18 апреля 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 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!
We had our coffee and cannoli, and then followed that up with some wine,Читать далее
Pivka
19 апреля 2023 г., Словения ⋅ ☁️ 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 ourЧитать далее
ПутешественникAlready the size of a house, Pip.....coming back the size of a 4 bed detached!
A glitch in the matrix?
20 апреля 2023 г., Хорватия ⋅ ☁️ 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,Читать далее
ПутешественникHaha this reminds me of Disney land where they have the wall that looks like this!
I ❤️ Ljubliana
21 апреля 2023 г., Словения ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
OMG. We've only been here a few hours, but already we are in love. This place is unbelievable.
The people are lovely (and speak fluent English), the countryside is beautiful, the city centre is likeЧитать далее
ПутешественникWhat an amazing place ….. any ideas of buying another place ?? (Please !! 😂)
ПутешественникIf you'll lend me the money! Definitely coming back here, though. It's a beautiful country.
ПутешественникBrilliant.. 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 🤣
ПутешественникHahaha.... 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. 😂