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We left the site feeling blue that our long talked about/planned European Adventure was over.  On the way to the port, we stopped at the wine shop to buy some supplies to console us for the next few weeks, then…

La Faou Scared of missing something, we did another short hop to La Faou.  Once a large port in the bay of Brest, La Faou is another Petite Cites de Caractere! On the main street there are 16th century half-timbered…

Benodet – Another short hop around the coast. The beaches here were (in our opinion) nicer than Concarneau.  As per our recent luck, we did not have the opportunity to use them.   Rain stopped play AGAIN.   A lighthouse…

We had too many places on the list in Normandy & not enough time, so made the decision to spend our remaining three weeks in Brittany, heading down to the South coast to explore the from Carnac through to our…

On our short road trip last year, we visited Sainte-Mere-Eglise,  the two American landing beaches – Utah & Omaha & the American cemetery.  Unfortunately we ran out of time, so vowed to go back on this trip to visit the…

Honfleur & Bayeux On our journey to Honfleur we experienced the first “Peage a Flux Libra” – free flow toll roads, no booths, no tickets & no payment machines.  You have to log on to their website to find out…

After spending a lovely week with our friend Sue, getting doggy cuddles, eating too much cheese & sleeping in a proper bed we were on the road again.  We had booked the CCP close to Honfleur , so had 3…

Due to our extended stay on the Ile de Re, we had just two days/nights to fill before we were due at our friend Sue’s for a 7 nights.  After all this time, we almost got it off to perfection…

Great ferry trip across the estuary, as per usual, we had to do a dreaded grocery shop to ensure we had enough supplies for our three day stay on the Ile de Re.  Once done, we were off.  We weren’t…

We didn’t have anything planned after our Biarritz stop, so we had to come up with a three night plan to take us to our next booking on the Ile de Re.  Initial thoughts were to head up to Bordeaux…