The Church of Colonia Guell is a masterpiece by Antoni Gaudi that was never finished. It was supposed to have been a large community church on top and a crypt …
Casa Vicens and Park Guell in Gaudi’s Barcelona (day 3)
On our third day in Barcelona, we visited two of Gaudi’s creations. We finished the day outside in the beautiful, and warm (the sun was out), Park Guell where there …
La Sagrada Familia, Casa Mila and Hospital de Sant Pau, day two Barcelona.
We had a fun-packed day two in Barcelona where our highlight of the four days was to visit La Sagrada Familia. However, we started the day visiting another of Gaudi’s …
Beautiful Barcelona, day one of four.
We spent four wonderful days being tourists of this most amazing city. Our prime plan was to go visit lots of buildings designed by the very famous architect Antoni Gaudi …
Getting frozen in the Roman city of Orange.
To start our tour of Orange we jumped on our moped and drove to the North of the city. Wow, wind chill on a moped in November in France was …
Revisiting the Pont Du Gard Roman aqueduct
The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over a total of 50 km (31 mi) to the Roman colony of Nimes (Nemausus). …
Nimes, dubbed the most Roman city outside Rome.
We visited Nimes in November and it was really quite chilly (actually bloody freezing if you normally live in the Caribbean). We had a lovely clear blue sky and the …
How to feel completely unwelcome in the South of France
La Grande Motte You know the saying about “as welcome as a ………..”. Well, that is how you feel as a motorhomer when you are in the South of France …
Carcassone the fortified city and the legend of Lady Carcas
After weeks in the Loire Valley, we travelled hundreds of miles south to warm back up. The day we visited Carcassone was beautifully sunny but it was really cold and …
Grenoble’s stunning alpine setting
A long time before our trip, Deby googled places to visit in France, for example, the prettiest villages, walled towns, towns with Roman history, best museums, and so on. Somewhere …