- 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
CHARTRES
4th May 2018 CHARTRES COBBLES – MASSAGING MY KIDNEYS We entered Chartres early that evening at the river end. Unknowingly, we had chosen the most difficult route to the Cathedral. It stands high above the town at the end of a long, steep, winding, cobbled hill. This ancient thoroughfare caused my scooter to […]
ORLEANS
5th-8th May ORLEANS IS ALL ABOUT ST JOAN! We left Ver-le-Chartres in the morning, intent on re-visiting Joan of Arc’s city of Orleans, where she led the French army to finally rout the English invaders. The city has so many relics of her, including the house she made her headquarters when […]
LA FERTE SAINT-AUBIN – WORTH A DEVIATION
5th-8th May, 2018 ON THE ROAD – WE DEVIATE FOR LUNCH: So leaving Orleans, we took the D15 road; a country route new to us. We had just reached a rather pretty village: (Ligny le Ribault, I later discovered.) Soon we reached an ancient barn converted to an eating place. It was open for lunch. […]
LOIRE VALLEY TO BRION PRES THOUET:
Loire Valley is justly famous for its Chateaux, wine, pretty villages and lovely scenery. Unfortunately Graham lost a lot of photos of this trip when he downloaded them and his computer crashed. This area was among them. BLOIS RIVER ROAD After our meal we decided to take a little longer, and use […]
