- Ancient sites
- Art
- Day trips
- Entering France
- Festivals
- Fond Farewells
- Food
- Food markets
- Forests-Mountains-Streams
- French B&Bs
- French Chateau
- French Churches
- French Cities
- Friends joining us
- Gardens
- Getting to know the locals
- good beach – sea views
- Guided tours
- Hop on-Hop off
- Italian B&Bs
- Italian Festivals
- Italian Hairdressers
- Italian long stay
- Italian Towns
- Learning to cook the Italian way
- Local History
- Medical Emergencies
- Mountain Roads
- MUSEUM VISITS
- Pretty villages
- Restaurants
- Tourist Town
- Travel
- Travelling through
- Uncategorized
- Visiting friends
OTRANTO
STAYING WITH NEW FRIEND LUCIO Meanwhile, we three carried on down to Otranto, where we had booked two nights with Lucio the hunter. He who, you may remember, we had met when we took Lolly to eat at Peppino’s. (Also, from the information on Lucio’s business card, our new host was quite big […]
TOURING FRANCE IN MAY 2018
WIRRAL- M25 –FOLKESTONE 1st MAY: BUSY M6 IS NOT ALWAYS FASTEST We left our home on the Wirral at about 10.00am on a Tuesday morning to start our holiday touring France: May Day 2018, to be precise. Woman’s Hour had just started on our car radio. We enjoyed the fresh […]
SMOOTH CROSSING
EARLY START – GET ME TO THE BOAT ON TIME! 2nd May: We left the hotel at 9am, in order to reach the ferry port in Dover an hour before sailing. We had intended breakfasting at a remembered treasure: Dawn’s Delight. 22 Cheriton High St, Folkestone CT19 4ET This admirable […]
ROUEN CATHEDRAL IS MAGNIFICENT
3rd May 2018: ROUEN CATHEDRAL IS MAGNIFICENT Rouen cathedral is world famous. Everyone who passes through Rouen makes sure to at least see its very elaborate frontage, painted so many times by the well-known and loved Impressionist Claude Monet. We decided that such a World Heritage sight deserves not just a post […]
