Category: France
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Normandy, France
We began our visit to the Normandy coastline by a visit to the town of Saint Mallow on our way to the Abbey of Saint Michelle. We happened upon what we thought was a market, but it was more like a block party garage sale. Aiden lucked out and got some Lego mini figures. The…
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Brittany, France
We spent five nights in the tiny village of Pommel, Brittany, staying in a beautiful old cottage. The town was very quaint, the beautiful garden of the cottage we were staying in was lovely. We all enjoyed feeding the birds breadcrumbs and watching them from the table as we ate. Alastair and I ended up…
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Lyon, France
Sophie and I got up early and headed on the two-hour high speed train to Lyon, to visit Daphne and her family. We were grateful that Sam and Daphne met us at the train station. As we walked to their place from the train station, we walked through old Lyon, crossing over both rivers, the…
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Paris
We are grateful for the two weeks we were able to spend in Paris. We were blessed by unusually sunny days and warm weather (much nicer than usually expected for this time of year). The Airbnb we were staying in was very well equipped, it had great light, in a non-touristy neighbourhood with great access…
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Dijon, France
Dijon Our 24 hours in Dijon was interesting, particularly the Airbnb. We stayed in the turret of an old building, in the central part of old Dijon. We had amazing views from the bedroom window, it was very interesting how an a very old place, with limited space, had been updated to make use of…