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Ceillac and La Queyras... 

In was in the 1980s that Pam and I were in La Queyras and a ski resort was being built at Ceillac. I...

Brittany (Bretagne) - 7 day self drive tour 

Brittany’s Celtic history dates to six centuries before Christ and is verified by the megaliths of...

Giverny: - Claude Monet’s inspirational home. 

In 1883 Claude Monet moved from Paris to Giverny and rented the house and gardens in this small mani...

Crimson blue 

The region of Normandy is like a Christmas chocolate box. No matter which box you open, a nice surpr...

The heart of Artois 

Originally founded in the days of the Roman Empire, this city has been a strategic position for a lo...

24 hours in the City of Lights 

During my very compressed trip to Europe in 2005, I stopped in Paris. It was always part of our agen...

Orlu in Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées 

Except for one day, when the rain beggared belief, I suppose I might have described Heaven as being...

Vernet-les-Bains in Pyrenées Orientales 

Given some better known places above, you may well ask why this report is centred on Vernet-les-Bain...

Sixt and aross the Alps - mechanically. 

I can almost hear the voice of my classics master many years before saying, ‘Don’t you think tha...

Nice is nice! 

We went to Nice for four days in the middle of June, taking advantage of one of the many budget flig...