Fitting to introduce a blog on our last stop by starting with its more famous visual cue. We had decided … More
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Lyon – keen competition for Paris
If that is the Eiffel Tower, then this must be Paris? But not so fast. The Eiffel Tower sits near … More
An ancient bridge and more
Another outing took us into the foothills where more ancient ruins dotted the landscape. More about the above shortly, but … More
Sur Le Pont… on two wheels
Avignon, immortalized in a song “Sur Le Pont d’Avignon…”, is a pretty city know as the Citi Du Papes. Thanks … More
Like our friends, wine only improves with age.
I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines. Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar … More
Seeing through rose coloured glasses
Of everything we wanted to see in Camargue , the long legged and gawky pink heron/swan/ostrich look-a-like was high on … More