Category: France

  • A Final Farewell to Europe

    After leaving Nimes we carried on with our mission to see the most beautiful parts of the French landscape that we could find and continued through the extensive list of suggestions provided by Phil. Two gorges were well worth the visit, very different but both stunning. Gorges de l´Ardeche and Gorges du Tarn….. Whilst the…

  • Nimes – A Roman Anniversary

    Nimes is nothing like Barcelona but is just as wonderful in a completely different way. We had checked into our Ibis hotel for two nights to allow a full day of exploration, food and wine on the second day. The first afternoon, howwever, was spent finding out just how fabulous the Roman buildings that define…

  • Getting out and about in France

    After a few days of visting some wonderful castles and towns in France we changed the pace a little and spent a few days seeing more of the countryside. The campsite we had stayed in after Collonges-la-Rouge was a simple Aire for campervans with no facilities so after my training I had my first warm…

  • Jax Shack and the Heart of Rural France

    We left Andorra behind us with as much checking of paperwork as we had had getting into Andorra from Spain! We were heading to our friend´s place in Lot, half an hour from the Dordogne, proper rural France, but enroute we thought we´d try to find a few interesting places to stop by. Not knowing…