Tag Archives: France
Sunday Photo – 17
A Sunday morning stroll along the banks of the Seine in Paris is one of the delights of visiting the great city……..
Friday Photo – 16
I have never before featured a photo of a restaurant sign, but this one from the Black Cat Restaurant in Troyes, France certainly caught my eye.
The Devil Is In The Detail
Yesterday I posed a little conundrum – what are there 170 of in Europe? The answer is cathedrals with authentic gothic architecture – apologies if the question was a little too obtuse! There are said to be seven characteristics of what makes a cathedral gothic style – great height/size, the flying buttress (to support the […]
Sunday Photo – 14
Today’s photo is the view of Cap Ferrat taken from the Moyenne (Middle) Corniche, one of the three famous corniches, the mountain roads that take you from Nice to Menton in the South of France. The views all along are spectacular and the drive exhilarating. It was the Grande Corniche (the highest and one with […]
Friday Photo – 6
Today’s photo was taken in July 2005 in Bonifacio on the French island of Corsica. We had travelled to Olbia in Sardinia, flying out from Gatwick on the day of the London 7/7 bombings. We had been totally unaware of the atrocities that had befallen the capital until we switched on our mobile phones to […]
2015 ends, 2016 beckons……
2015 has been a pretty good travel year for me. It started as you would expect in January when I went to Iceland to celebrate my 50th birthday. We did not manage to see the Northern Lights, but had a fabulous time in a Winter Wonderland of waterfalls, hot springs, glaciers, unusual churches and loads […]
Sunday Photo 5
Twice I have spent Christmas in Paris. Wonderful memories of our rented sky high apartment, shopping in markets and attending Midnight Mass at Notre Dame. This photo was taken in 2006.
Day Trip To France
On a whim we decided to do some Christmas shopping in France. The £60 Eurotunnel fee was no barrier to this and I more than recouped the cost by filling up with diesel at €1 a litre and by stocking up on wine and champers at £3 per bottle cheaper than in the UK. I […]
My Paris
Paris, city of love & romance, city of light & after dark, city of art & culture, city of jazz & can-can, city of cafe & creme, city of cuisine & calvados. I love you Paris, it wasn’t love at first sight, but a lingering love affair that has blossomed with the years. You will […]
Le Tour de France – Final Stage
The actual Tour de France finishes in Paris with a parade up the Champs Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe, so this is where I will finish too. I have visited the wonderful French capital more times than I can remember thanks to Eurostar. If Mrs Wilbur and I do not visit at least once […]
