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Cathedral Tours…

19/02/2020 Written by Helen

It wasn’t intentional, but over our Christmas roadtrip, we seemed to visit quite a few cathedrals. Not for spiritual reasons, you understand. We love a cathedral for its architecture and gloriously over the top rich interiors. First stop was one we know very well – Durham Cathedral. Having grown up near here, it’s a place […]

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Christmas in Metz

22/01/2020 Written by Helen

We first discovered the beautiful medieval city of Metz, two years ago, on our first road trip from Istria to England, for Christmas. Positioned where it is, in north eastern France, it was a good place to stop and break up the journey to Calais. We’ve stayed a few times since – and although there […]

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Discovering Metz

09/01/2019 Written by Helen
Discovering Metz

One of the best things about living on the continent now, is that we can completely dispense with flights. I think there are few things, travel-wise, more stressful, than the whole airport experience, of checking in, security, hanging around, queueing – and then at the end of it, you’re squashed into a cramped seat, generally […]

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Onwards from Nice…

18/01/2018 Written by Helen
Onwards from Nice…

We had originally planned to end our winter road trip in Ravenna, in Italy, spending four days at Alighieri Theatre Charming Suite but we felt that we had been on the road long enough, and so, in very nice communcations with Silvia, the owner, decided to postpone until later in the year. However, we also […]

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The Cote d’Azur

15/01/2018 Written by Helen
The Cote d’Azur

So, after a spending a night in two different hotels – yes, seriously, the story is here – we left Carcassonne and headed south, this time to the Cote d’Azur. A road trip along this glitzy coastline seemed just too tempting, especially as we had booked a night in Nice. The countryside, travelling south, is […]

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Carcassonne

13/01/2018 Written by Helen
Carcassonne

We said au revoir to La Rochelle and set off for Carcassonne, in the region of Occitanie. We decided to do the toll roads – smaller roads are great for sightseeing, but when the weather’s not brilliant, there’s not much to see. Just as well, because by the time we reached where we were staying […]

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La Rochelle

11/01/2018 Written by Helen
La Rochelle

From Plougasnou, after saying goodbye to our Didsbury friends, we headed south-west to La Rochelle, capital of the Charente-Maritime department. The plan had been to take in the Carnac Stones and make a return to the beautiful Vannes, characterized by narrow cobbled streets and medieval gates and half timbered houses. But again, the weather conspired […]

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England to France

10/01/2018 Written by Helen
England to France

With Christmas over, and a brilliant time had in Manchester and the North East, we set off on the long journey, by car, back to Istria. Luckily, we’d planned ahead and scheduled in some great stops, the first being spending New Year with friends in Brittany. The journey from Manchester to Portsmouth was pretty uneventful […]

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Chamonix

06/12/2017 Written by Helen
Chamonix

Chamonix has long been on my radar, but not being skiers, and always assuming only the super-rich stayed in such places, it’s never been part of a journey. Until now, and our road trip back from Istria to the UK. We wanted to make as much distance as we could early on in the trip, […]

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Troyes to Calais

02/12/2017 Written by Helen
Troyes to Calais

Troyes is a town in the Grand Est region of northeastern France. Its medieval old town features narrow, cobbled streets lined with colorful, half-timbered houses, mostly dating from the 16th century. The town is home to several Gothic churches with striking stained-glass windows. These include the Troyes Cathedral, the Église Sainte-Madeleine and the Basilique Saint-Urbain. […]

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Chamonix to Troyes

29/11/2017 Written by Helen
Chamonix to Troyes

Snow makes me very excited. You would have thought I might be used to it, as we did get some very heavy downfalls in the North East when I was a child. But, there is still something very magical about the first few flakes of the year – and in Didsbury, in my adulthood, you […]

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Zrenj to Chamonix

28/11/2017 Written by Helen
Zrenj to Chamonix

We were up with the larks this morning – no mean feat as our builder popped by late last night to discuss some new ideas (wine & beer were involved) – and packing the car as we’ve never packed before. We’re not instinctively organised travellers. We can arrive on a beach with not a flip […]

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