Today focused on the Right Bank (Rive Droit) through our day trip to St. Emilion. I chose our Bordeaux hotel for the proximity to the train station since […]
Paris Cheese Tour: Trip to France 9/28
We slept in this morning, which was needed after a night of faerie reveling at the Moulin Rouge. Then, we checked out and left our luggage at the […]
Packed Paris Day- Tour Montparnasse, Saint Chapelle, Notre Dame, Moulin Rouge: Trip to France 8/28
We had a full Paris day with absolutely gorgeous weather. We slept in a bit, which was needed after getting in late from (our) château. It was Sunday, […]
Candlelit evening at Le Château du Vaux-le-Vicomte: Trip to France 7/28
We started with an early breakfast, which I thought would be a to-go bag but instead, was the same spread. Since I loved the pear-mint jam, I tucked […]
Cancale, Oyster Market, and St Malo: Trip to France 6/28
SMS and I started our day with a B&B breakfast. At the end, Thibaut went over an excellent map and traced out a coastal adventure to the South […]
Mont St Michel: Trip to France 5/28
After a final breakfast, it was time to leave Chateau St Gilles. It was such a beautiful hotel, but the rest of our time in Normandy was focused […]
Bayeux and WWII sites self-guided tour: Trip to France 4/28
Another day in beautiful Normandy! We slept in until 930- our room has delightful blackout curtains and it was great to catch up on sleep. We caught the […]
Bayeux and 1/2 day WWII tour: Trip to France 3/28
After a delicious hotel breakfast, SMS and I headed into town to meet our Viator group. We cut it a little close since parking was a bit tricky […]
Paris, Caen, Bayeux:Trip to France 2/28
Le décalage horaire…jet lag sounds so much nicer en français. Oh yes, mes amis, my Franglish is in full force this trip and you know what, it’s working […]
Paris Arrival:Trip to France 1/28
Bon jour! It has been awhile. I did several fun things over the Summer, but a LOT of my free time was taken up by a huge work […]