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 …
Tag: France
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 …
Fun on an alpine funicular at Saint Hilaire and a great walk down
When Deby first started planning our trip she put together a custom map on Google and started adding pins. There were hundreds and hundreds of pins for all sorts of …
Annecy, the Venice of the Alps
Annecy is said to be the prettiest town in France, set on the cleanest lake in France, and wow, what a pretty place and what a pretty setting. However, motorhome …
The French part of Lake Geneva
On the French side, which is 40% of the lakes surface area, Lake Geneva is known as Lac Leman. This is the shortened modern version of the first recorded name …
Beaune’s beautiful hospital founded in 1443
As sometimes happened on our trip so far we arrived in Beaune and parked up without really knowing what we were going to see. It had been added to “the …