Tag Archives: Honfleur
Le Tour De France – Part Six, Normandy & Brittany
Normandy & Brittany Thousands of years ago, the UK was attached to modern day France and although those land ties have long since been broken, a special bond and landscape similarity remains between Essex & Kent in England and Breton et Normandie en France. The fact that a Eurotunnel train only takes 35 minutes to link Folkestone […]
Olivia’s Travels
This is a very painful post for me. Very recently we lost our best friend in the whole world – Olivia, our 11 year-old poodle. Some people may not fully understand this statement, but many more will. In either case, we had some fabulous travels with our Oli and have 11 years of truly fabulous […]
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 […]
Le Tour de France – Stage Six
Normandy & Brittany Thousands of years ago, the UK was attached to modern day France and although those land ties have long since been broken, a special bond and landscape similarity remains between Essex & Kent in England and Breton et Normandie en France. The fact that a Eurotunnel train only takes 35 minutes to […]
Honfleur
Next day we packed up the car and headed for Honfleur near Le Havre, some 70 minutes south. We would be heading northwards to Calais that evening so had checked out of the hotel and bade Rouen a fond farewell. As we neared Honfleur, we saw a sign for Pont L’Eveque, my first ever overseas […]
