Category: France

On the road towards Bordeaux and the wonderful wine region we crossed through Cognac. We had a short stop in the city of Cognac and a tasting at CAMUS, one of the many cognac producers. After a very windy lunch with local French produce from the market in La Rochelle we headed for our stop…

Saint-Malo We arrived in Saint-Malo, a city I had personally looked forward to since I read the book “All the light we cannot see” some years ago. Saint-Malo is located in Brittany and the old walled city of Saint-Malo is almost surrounded by the ocean. The city has beautiful ramparts all around, and with nice…

Granville We left Caen and had a short stay in a quite basic and uninteresting place near Granville Kairon Plage. Granville however was quite a nice town, with its walled off old town, the ramparts and the beautiful beaches accesible when the tides are low. We strolled around the city, had coffee and a second…

Caen Caen is the main city in the province of Calvados. A vibrant and young city with a big university. We found a nice apartment in  sort of a hostel, where we booked 4 nights. Caen is located near the landing beaches of D-Day and the large cemeteries of both allied but also German soldiers.…

After a good start in France, we continued West towards normandy. We had a stop in Etretat. A small coastal city surrounded by cliffs resembling the cliffs of dover on the other side of the canal. Etretat was overrun by tourists so after a quick lunch and a walk to the beautiful viewpoint, and a…

After a long drive and a stop over in a charming little town in The Netherlands our first stop in France was the flemish town of Arras. A pretty small town with flemish architecture and a large cathedral. Unfortunately the weather was getting very wet, so we stepped in to a small bistro full of…