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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 …

Pictoresque stopover

Christmas 2022, Fri, 16 Dec 22
Jemma and Simon at a City in Belgium, Europe

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 …

Getting into Christmas spirit with Charlemagne

Christmas 2022, Thu, 15 Dec 22
Jemma and Simon at a City, Temple, UNESCO site in Europe, Germany

First winter night in the Baron! We were scared as just before leaving the heating didn’t want to work, but then it started, so all is good. New record: -9. We started our journey to visit Jemma’s family for Christmas …