After Turquant, I headed to the nearby Château de Brézé, a château that had also featured on my map of … Read More
France
France/Italy roadtrip – Brissac, Saumur & Turquant
I woke up to a glorious morning in the vineyard campsite I was staying in, Domaine de la Belle Etoile. … Read More
France/Italy roadtrip – Rennes and a night in a vineyard
After the early morning excitement of Mont Saint-Michel, I drove about an hour away to Rennes, the capital city of … Read More
France/Italy roadtrip – Mont Saint-Michel
I don’t think Mont Saint-Michel needs much introduction – it’s one of the most recognisable landmarks of France and visited … Read More
France/Italy roadtrip – Étretat, Honfleur and Beuvron-en-Auge
In my previous post, I wrote about my plans to get up early to go to Étretat at sunrise. But … Read More
France/Italy roadtrip – Château du Champ de Bataille
After leaving Rouen, I drove down some lovely roads, until I had to stop in this place called La Haye-du-Theil. … Read More
France/Italy roadtrip – Rouen
The first “real” day on my roadtrip around France and Italy, and the first place I wanted to stop was … Read More
France/Italy roadtrip – trip-planning and driving to France
After the success of my first road trip around France in 2016, I had saved up and decided to go … Read More
A long weekend in Bordeaux – day 3
So it turned out all the walking I had done over the past two days (45km or so…) did not … Read More
A long weekend in Bordeaux – day 2, trip to Saint-Emilion
Like Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion was on my map of places to go on my roadtrip in 2016. So this long weekend … Read More