Retirement Plan - Part 2
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Having spent the best 10 years of our lives travelling on our sail boat, spending time in the Mediterranean, crossing the Atlantic and then exploring some of the Caribbean, we thought it was time forEn savoir plus
Having spent the best 10 years of our lives travelling on our sail boat, spending time in the Mediterranean, crossing the Atlantic and then exploring some of the Caribbean, we thought it was time forEn savoir plus
We already knew the kind of motorhome we were looking for, so during our stay with Terry and Sue, we started to home-in on a few. We soon found exactly what we were looking for in a Swift Kontiki 669En savoir plus
After spending a little time making a few changes to the motorhome to make it more suitable for extended travelling (fitting a solar panel, LPG gas tanks), we finally hit the road to see family andEn savoir plus
With the days getting shorter and cooler, our Caribbean-thinned blood suggested that it was time to head south and find some sunshine.
We stayed near Dover, and took the opportunity to visitEn savoir plus
Next day we headed for La Suze Sur Sarthe 191 miles away, just SW of Le Mans. It is an area that Chris knows well as he and his pals made numerous visits to Le Mans and the surrounding area for theEn savoir plus
We had read in the guide books that Saumur was an interesting place to visit so we headed there, staying at another aire on a island in the middle of the Loire river.
With the sun shining, we jumpedEn savoir plus
It is here that we really had a taster of what we were looking forward to in France - spending a few days getting to meet the locals on their own 'turf' and tasting wine!
We couldn't have chosen aEn savoir plus
Within an hour and a half of leaving St. Emilion, we'd skirted around Bordeaux and arrived in Arés, on the northeast corner of Arcachon Bay, the 6th largest natural marine park in France.
The bay isEn savoir plus
What we thought was going to be a 3 night stay around Arcachon turned into a week; there was so much to see! However, the weather turned chilly and we headed a little further south, to an area knownEn savoir plus