Fun Facts about Guernsey
We have been invited by our lovely friends to visit their island home of Guernsey and I thought as it is our first time visiting Guernsey, I’d share some fun facts about the island. More to come about our time on the island in an upcoming blog.
A Mythical Place – Mont Saint Michel
That myths and legends surround Mont Saint Michel seems fitting given its fairytale like presence as it rises up out of the sea off the coast of Normandy. With a history going back as far as the year 708, Mont St Michel has been a Benedictine monastery, a place of pilgrimage, a fortification, a prison […]
Admin Day
Admin and cleaning in Tigín is like housework when the sun is shining in Ireland. Once the kids are off school and the sun is out you want to make the most of the fine weather because you never know when it will end and if it will return for the rest of the Summer. […]
We Came Across an Old Friend
We’ve been making our way steadily west across France. We spent two nights in Orient Forest Regional Nature Park (Parc naturel régional de la Forêt d’Orient) between the shores of Lake Orient (Lac d’Orient) and the lovely old town of Troyes. This area is 170,000 acres of protected woodland and lakes in the Champagne-Ardenne region. […]
Not Everything is Rosey
On the road again and our first stop is in the Lorraine region of France. Our plan is to head west over the coming week to the Brittany area where we will be meeting up with friends. We spent a couple of nights at the municipal campsite in Parroy, a tiny village on the north […]
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