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Shopping in the Sales in Tours
It’s the winter sales in France, which start in mid-January. I’m not a keen shopper at the best of times, nor am I a fashionista, so I prefer to wait for the second week of the sales and hope that … Continue reading
A New Wave Cuisine Anniversary Lunch in Vendôme
We wake up quite late and realise we’re going to have to hurry up a bit if we’re to go to the market and still arrive at 12.30 in Vendôme for our anniversary (of-the-day-we-met) lunch at Pertica, an up-and-coming success … Continue reading
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Lunch with Learners
Our party of four arrives just before noon in front of the local hospitality high school. It’s important to be on time because class goes back at 1.30 pm. We enter the building and can see the students through the … Continue reading
Posted in Blois, Restaurants, Uncategorized
Tagged Brasserie 174, LHT blois, restaurants in Blois
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A Significant Birthday or Taking a Pensioner Out to Dinner
I’m always on the look-out for new restaurants to try so when my friend and neighbour Françoise mentions the Manoir de Contres in Sologne, I immediately note the name in my iPhone for Jean Michel’s next most significant birthday – … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation, Architecture, Loire Valley, Restaurants
Tagged manoir de contres, vanilla soufflé
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Sintra – A Lovely Palace and a Yellow Monster
We’ve checked the weather and it looks like it isn’t going to rain. We walk down to Rossio Station to take the train to Sintra. We’re amazed to see the long queue of people, even at the ticket machines. We … Continue reading
Cycling in Germany #19 – Bernkastel on the Moselle – a hidden treasure
We arrive in Bernkastel at about 1.30 pm after a 4-hour drive from Hann Münden with only a couple of rough patches on the motorway. I wouldn’t have liked to be going in the other direction around Hanover though. The … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation, Architecture, Cycling, Food, Germany, Restaurants
Tagged Bernkastel, cycling in germany, piesport
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Cycling in Germany #10: Meissen
We’ve left Meissen for the best day weather-wise. It’s already 16°C by the time we set out at 9.45, taking the ferry in front of Elbklause, our “bike hotel” across the Elbe, and the sky is bright blue. It’s 14 km … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Cycling, Germany, Restaurants
Tagged Albrech, Albrechtsburg castle, burgkeller restaurant Meissen, cycling in germany, Meissen
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Photos of the Week – Dresden
Dresden was once one of Europe’s great cultural capitals. One thousand fire bombs devasted the city on 13th February 1945 killing 40,000 people and leaving 900,000 homeless. Many of the main monuments have been rebuilt but not the historical houses … Continue reading
Cycling in Germany #4 – Koblenz where the Moselle meets the Rhine
We’re off to a late but chilly start today. After we leave the car a few kilometers out of Koblenz to avoid the usual large town parking problems, we both put on our windcheaters and don’t take them off for … Continue reading
Cycling in Germany #2 – Rhine from St Goar to Lorch
We’ve cycled along the Rhine on two previous occasions – on our way back from Croatia when we visited the Rhine Falls and Stein am Rhein, both very memorable experiences – and last year after cycling along the Danube, when we … Continue reading
