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15 September 2009
After a miserable wet morning, the sun finally shone and we cycled to Ars … yes, in full it is Ars-en-Re. It is only about 7km each way this time. Ars has a church with a black-and-white spire, so I call it the church of St Michael Jackson. It was probably a white spire which […]
14 September 2009
Ile de Re has many cycle tracks … they seem to have been converted from the old narrow roads once the new roads came in, but I could be wrong. They link the different villages, taking cyclists through bays, salt pans, vineyards etc. Today we cycled to St Martin, which was about 9km from our […]
13 September 2009
Today we zoomed down somewhat towards the South West to La Rochelle in the French bullet train, TGV. It was the first time I’ve ever travelled in a high-speed train. The higher speed wasn’t too obvious apart from the more blurry scenery. From La Rochelle, we travelled to the village of Loix on Ile de […]
12 September 2009
Today we left Porto with the feeling that we’d one day come back to Portugal. It is one corner of Western Europe that is still affordable on a New Zealand income (or no income in my current situation). The price of many things are on par with New Zealand. Fruit and ice cream in particular […]
29 August 2007
From our base in Toulouse, we had the day for tripping around the area. We chose to drive out to Carcassonne, over an hour outside the city. We started our drive with a look through the fence of the Airbus factory. Having captured no worthwhile photos yesterday, we felt compelled to swing past the factory […]
28 August 2007
Condom I never thought I’d see Catholicism and contraception come together! But it kinda did at the pretty little town of Condom, about an hour from Marmande, which had the Cathedral at its centre. By the way, the French call the rubber thingey preservatif instead of condom, and there is no relationship between the name […]
27 August 2007
Lunch by the Atlantic From Nantes, we needed to head south to Toulouse by tomorrow, which was over 5h away. More with rest and sightseeing stops. Because our pre-booked accommodation in Toulouse starts only from tomorrow night, we decided to play it by ear and see where we end up for the night. Less than […]
26 August 2007
Mont Saint-Michel This morning, we got to visit Mont Saint-Michel after departing from our nightstop in Avranches. During the drive, we were excited to see the silhouette of the Mont Saint-Michel in the distance through the haze, through the right side of the car. The road took us through a large sweeping curve before arriving […]
25 August 2007
Breakfast was served on the sunny lawn. We had nice long chats before packing up for our drive to Mont Saint-Michel about 5h drive away. Text continues after this gallery. The route took us through Le Mans where Kim, being the eternal car fanatic, was very pleased about. He visited the museum and […]
24 August 2007
Marie and Kristina joined us in our little rental car this morning to drive down to Lou’s place an hour south-eastish of Paris. The area is called Douchy and the nearest village, where we stopped briefly is called Courtenay. We learnt later that many French people don’t know where that is and they often resort […]