Category Archives: Travel

Today we woke to a cold, drizzling and windy day. We had been really lucky with the weather during our stay in France and had rarely needed our warm coats that we had carried all the way from Australia, via … Continue reading →

Leisurely start to our last day of the Back Roads tour of Normandy and Brittany. Everyone is a little somber this morning. It is amazing how much people can be drawn together in these circumstances. We left our digs for … Continue reading →

Breakfast at the Hotel Diderot with Lauren Dutheil, our delightful hotelier. Soft goats cheese, walnuts and honey on fresh bread this morning was much nicer than yesterday on the sweet brioche toast. Lauren makes many different jams and has a … Continue reading →

Slept in a bit this morning after a late-ish night. We stay in Hotel Diderot for 2 nights, so don’t have to pack up this morning…woohoo! Special breakfast at the motel. Our host Lauren has prepared fresh goats cheese with … Continue reading →

Up at 6am this morning…motel Germinal was lovely…huge bed, wifi, double glazed windows and set in/on a creek. The staff told us that there was a market in the nearby street, so we packed up, had breakfast and went out, … Continue reading →

Time to move on again…After a second night in our very comfortable, period hotel, Hotel D’Argouges in Bayeux, we were ready to leave. We had woken early with the promise of an early market in the square across the road, … Continue reading →

This morning we left the beautiful town on Honfleur, with its many galleries and restaurants, heading towards the Normandy beaches which was where initial landings were made on D-Day, 6 June 1944. There was heavy rainstorms, so stopped early for … Continue reading →

We had a fairly quiet day today. We continue to stay at our Honfleur motel, Hotel des Loges, for tonight again, so no packing up this morning. Standard breakfast fare in the motel at 8am, after an early wander around … Continue reading →

Awake at 4:30 this morning to pack up for our Back Roads tour. We are scheduled to leave at 8:30 and we don’t want to be late! So I put on my iPod and listened to a story for 30 … Continue reading →