Time is Everything
We’ve been here in Lake Annecy for a week now and we will stay until Monday. Originally we had intended to stay just five days but there is something about on extended stay in a place which allows for a more in depth experience and not a quick tour of the highlights and then on […]
Gentle Rain Showers
I’m sitting here, relaxing under our awning and the rain that had threatened for the past couple of afternoons has finally arrived. I love the smell of rain after a number of dry sunny days, there is no smell quite like it, more especially as we have all our chores done and the laundry is […]
A Day in Camper Life
As we have slowed our pace of travel and the weather has become a bit more consistent, consistently good that is, we have finally managed to find our groove and establish some sort of routine. This week that groove has been established at a beautiful campsite on the grounds of a château in rural eastern […]
A Brush with the Law
Having arrived in Chalon-sur-Saône on Thursday and taken some downtime, we set out along the quiet river path on Friday morning and in the afternoon took our bikes to the nearest supermarket to do our big weekly shop. A task that would normally take 30 minutes in a familiar venue took an hour and a […]
A Fairytale Town and Surrounds
Colmar, France is so fairytale-like it was apparently the inspiration for Belle’s village in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. A mesh of winding cobble streets and canals, quaint, colourful, half timber houses lining waters edge and enclosing odd shaped squares with Bartholdi fountains. There is a covered market, an array of museums and The Tanners […]
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