Category: Travel
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France 2018: Paris Part 3
WEDNESDAY 11TH APRIL After our usual breakfast of French pastries, we headed across the river for a stroll down Rue de Montorgueill. This is the cutest little street. We popped into Stohrer, the oldest bakery in Paris. I had to try the Rum Baba, and it was delicious. We bought our pastries and then found…
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France 2018: Paris, Day Trip to The Somme
MONDAY 9th APRIL The plan today was to catch the fast train to Amiens to meet a tour guide for a tour of the Somme battlefields. This was a request from G, and we decided to do it the day after the marathon because it would not require too much walking. Unfortunately, our train was…
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France 2018 – Provence to Paris
FRIDAY 6th APRIL Today was a travel day. We were heading to Paris, but first, we had to get our last taste of picturesque Provence. Our first stop was the market in Carpentras. Since we were heading on the train in the afternoon, this was just a visit to browse and experience rather than buy.…
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France 2018 – Beaumes-de-Venise
WEDNESDAY 4th April This morning, we packed up and left the wild Camargue for Beaumes-de-Venise, a small town northeast of Avignon, at the base of the Dentelles de Montmirail. First, though, I needed to get my Roman ruin fix. We drove about an hour north to Pont du Gard. Built to allow the Nîmes aqueduct to…
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France 2018 – Cassis and the Camargue
Sunday 1st April We took the train from Nice to Cassis in the morning, which took about 2.5 hours. This little port town is situated in a spectacular setting, sandwiched between Cap Canaille (France’s highest sea cliff) and the Calanques National Park. We would have loved to stay longer and do more hiking, but we…
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France 2018 – Nice
Thursday 29th March We arrived in Nice by plane mid-afternoon and caught the bus into the town centre. Our host met us at the apartment and let us in. Once we were settled in went for a walk along the promenade to Colline du Château. From the top, there are spectacular views, and the hill…
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Our Trip to France In April 2018 – Introduction
In honour of the Paris Olympics and also to refresh my mind before my second trip to Paris later this year, I thought it might be fun to do a recap of the trip I took to France with G and our daughter in the Easter holidays of 2018. In our family, we had a…
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Good Things Friday
Last weekend was the Gold Coast Marathon Weekend when both G and I were supposed to run the marathon, and we were out of action. So instead of completing my first marathon, there was a lot of eating, lazing around and watching other people running. FRI 5.7.2024 SAT 6.7.2024 SUN 7.7.2024 MON 8.7.2024 TUES 9.9.2024…
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List # 8: Multiday Walks That Are On My Radar
As I wrote last week, G and I are keen to do some more multi-day hiking/walking. We prefer options that you don’t have to camp, although my tolerance for a walk that requires camping or sharing a room is probably higher than G’s. I’ve been putting together a little list of walks we might like…
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Multi-Day Hiking – My Thoughts So Far
Earlier this year, we did the Three Capes Walk in Tasmania, a four-day walk on the Tasman Peninsula. I’ve just finished my recaps: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4. This was our second multi-day hike. We did the Overland Track in 2022, and I loved it so much I couldn’t wait to…