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Oct 06
Limoges to Paris
Limoges The weather turned rainy overnight and the morning was grey and foggy. We decided that Limoges can be visited another time, with allowance for visit to the porcelain museum. After a quick breakfast we headed back to the autoroute and proceeded with our drive to Paris. Along the way the skies cleared and the …
Oct 05
Carcassonne to Limoges
The Plan We need to get from Carcassonne to Paris by evening of 6 October. Its a dive of about 800 km, but the road is littered with things we might wish to see, so we will do it in tow stages: Carcassonne to Limoges on te 5th, and Limoges to Paris on the 6th …
Oct 05
Carcassonne : The Cathar Country
Carcassonne The site of the current medieval city has been inhabited and fortified since at least 100BC or so. Since that time it was occupied by Romans, Visigoths, (most famously) the Cathars, and after a crusade, since 1247 – the kings of France. Unfortunately it was raining so we are unable to give you pretty …
Oct 03
Avignion – A brief visit
Avigion Avignon if the city of the Popes and of the Anti-popes. Need more time to explore this and do the palace of the popes full justice. In the meantime here are some sights from the city of Avignon: Some sights of Avignon: Le Chien du Avigion A very well behaved and polite dog in …
Oct 02
Vienne – A nice little surprise
Vienne Hotel – B&B Au Bois de Massier Today we woke up in a lovely B&B called Au Bois de Massier, in the hills above the little town of Vienne. The hotel deserves a separate write-up, so stay tuned for that. Ville de Vienne Our hosts tols us that city of Vienne has the 3rd …
Sep 30
Chateau de Chillion on Lake Geneva
Gex Weather has been threatening to close in for a few days now. It rained the day before and today looked like it might do it again. Despite that we asked out hosts to show us around, and they suggested that we go for a drive along the northern shore of Lac Leman (Lake Geneva), …
Sep 26
Transit Day: Thira – Athens – Geneva – Gex
Transit Day Today, we will be in transit – flying from Thira to Geneva via Athens, and then driving to stay with some friends of ours in Gex. More details coming soon.
Sep 22
Thira – Fira: the caldera
Thira We have not dropped off the face of the planet. But this is where we had lunch.
Sep 03
River Cruise – Beer tasting in Bamberg
Bamberg Today we visited Bamberg, a lovely little city on the Main river. Beer Today was the day of beer and sausages, a visit to the Kolsterbau, one of the oldest (set up in 1533) brew houses in Bamberg. The speciality of the Bamberg master brewers is the so called “smoked beer” aka Rauchbier, which …
Sep 02
River Cruise – Wurzburg
Wurzburg on Main welcomed us with cloudy skies and a cold wind. Unfortunately I do not have any good photos of the main attraction for the day, the Residenz Palace, because of the mass of cars parked in the front, and the fact that there was no photography permitted inside. However as a consolation prize …