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Christmas 2022, Thu, 22 Dec 22
Jemma and Simon at a City in Europe, France

Visiting Margaux and Clovis in Rennes Great beer, great food, delicious fish Interesting neoclassical cathedral Park with a small botanic garden Cheese and wine shopping for the family hamper Not so much to see though

Dinan-vu

Christmas 2022, Wed, 21 Dec 22
Jemma and Simon at a City, Sea in Europe, France

Saint Malo Got there in the evening, hanging out by a tower on the seaside. It’s nice to be at the sea again! In the morning we decided to walk to the main part of town – and got caught …

Mount St Mist

Christmas 2022, Tue, 20 Dec 22
Jemma and Simon at a Temple, UNESCO site in Europe, France

We woke up amidst rather heavy rain wondering how the hell are we going to manage to go to Mount St Michel in that weather. But hey, we are hardcore! We were quite lucky – the rain subsided a bit …

69m of history

Christmas 2022, Mon, 19 Dec 22
Jemma and Simon at a Museum, Temple, UNESCO site in Europe, France

We arrived in Bayeux last night and found a parking spot in the town centre. Unfortunately it was raining heavily all night and in the morning – the weather hasn’t been very kind to us on this trip, but at …

It’s cold in the middle ages

Christmas 2022, Sun, 18 Dec 22
Jemma and Simon at a City, Museum, Temple in Europe, France

Last night we drove to Rouen and found that it has a massive low emissions zone which prevented us from driving in without a sticker. We found a place to park a bit outside of town. In the morning we …

Dead adventures

Christmas 2022, Sat, 17 Dec 22
Jemma and Simon at a Graveyard, Museum, Temple in Europe, France

After leaving the Somme region, we continued on our way to Amiens. The cathedral was extraordinary, with amazing statues and carvings all over the facade. Then we went to the Jules Verne museum in his old house. Simon wanted to …

Graves in the fog

Christmas 2022, Fri, 16 Dec 22
Jemma and Simon at a Graveyard, Museum in Europe, France

We parked for the night in Dinant in Belgium and walked into the town centre the next morning. It is super cute! It’s on the river Meuse, and the town on the east side is really thin as it’s sandwiched …

Cute overload

The long return, Wed, 08 Jul 20
Jemma and Simon at a City, Temple in Europe, France

Oh my gods was this the right spot to stay for the night! First of all, we started the day right next to a beautiful little stream, having our tea and breakfast on a stone in a middle of it. …

Salty

The long return, Fri, 03 Jul 20
Jemma and Simon at a Museum, UNESCO site in Europe, France

Last night we drove as far as we could and ended up crossing the French border at dusk. Jemma played Edith Piaf as loud as possible, of course. We said goodbye to motorways, and soon found a nice quiet parking …

Architectural trespassing

The long return, Sun, 07 Jun 20
Jemma and Simon at a Temple, UNESCO site in Europe, France

Randomly saw a sign for Le Corbusier’s Notre Dame du Haut on the way! Crazy lucky, we didn’t even think we’ll be stopping anywhere on the way, but this just had to be done! But alas, when we arrived, the …

Spain to Poland in two days

The long return, Sat, 06 Jun 20
Jemma and Simon at a Transit in Europe, France

26 hours of driving over 41 hours? Check. Getting through three borders during the pandemic closures? Check. Getting ‘married’ on the border to enter the country? Sure, why not! The pictures are from a few locations on the way, the …

Baron in Italy route

Baron in Italy, Tue, 24 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon at a Transit in Austria, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, San Marino, Switzerland

We’re on a boat!

Baron in Italy, Mon, 23 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon at a Sea, Transit in Europe, France, UK

After a short walk in town, a baguette and an overpriced and disappointing tea later, we were ready for the ferry. Off to Britain! Now we’re on the ferry and surprisingly good weather allowed us to have a lunch on …

Crossed it!

Baron in Italy, Mon, 23 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon at a Sea in Europe, France

After over 1.4k kilometres over the last three days, last night we reached Roscoff! And to think that until recently the drive to munch was the longest I did… Jemma found a nice quiet parking by the Strand von Traon …

The Glass of Tours

Baron in Italy, Sun, 22 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon at a Temple in Europe, France

We set off to clean at a reasonably nearby swimming pool. Pretty basic, with done slides dated 1988, but it did the job. Jemma was so happy to be clean! But guess what was on our way a bit further …

Howling night

Baron in Italy, Sun, 22 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon at a Temple in Europe, France

We decided to say no to more paid motorways. Having spent almost €100 over the last couple days, it just started seeming like the cheap van life is anything but cheap… So, no more toll roads for us. After more …

Water and food

Baron in Italy, Sat, 21 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon at a Mountain, Waterfall in Europe, France

Our amazement with Mont Blanc was quickly cooled with the tunnel passage price. €46.40?! Wow… On the French side the clouds were still heavy, but the views still gorgeous. After about an hour of driving down on neutral, we spotted …

Paris

Short European Trips, Mon, 21 Apr 14
Simon with Charlie, Eva at a City, Graveyard, Museum, Temple, UNESCO site in Europe, France

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