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Last real day of doing stuff, what will we do? Let’s see some of the villages along the south coast. This involved nothing more strenuous than getting on a bus, and as all the Brighton buses are double-deckers, it’s also quite a thrill. Riding up high is not at all like being in traffic. You’re…

Back to the touristy stuff today. We spent the whole day herding sheep, more or less. For fans of Shaun the Sheep, which basically means everyone, Brighton is currently very fashionable. Forget the famous pier, the ridiculous pebbly beach and the annual Pride Festival. Brighton is now the home of Sean the Sheep sculptures, or…

Another short report, as it wasn’t so mush a tourist day as a meet the in-laws day. We were invited to Brunch to meet Chris’ parents and siblings. His parents live just north of Brighton, at Hassock, and we drove over with Chris and Emily. Pressure was on, but they were all very nice, and…

Saturday was a bit domestic and not at all touristy. Michelle and Emily were back to looking at wedding dresses in the morning, so I wandered off to do my own thing. My own thing was going for a wander around the shops, the ones I’m not allowed to look at when we’re together (no,…

… and it’s over. Seems like no more than four weeks ago that we got here. Hang on, it was four weeks ago. Fair enough then, let’s move on. Usual palaver in the morning, get up early, get everything packed, wonder why we bought even more stuff and leave the flat an hour before we…

After a big mileage day yesterday, we slipped more into holiday mode today, not getting out of the flat until 9:30am. And that was only to get breakfast! I don’t usually write about meals, and definitely don’t photograph them, but breakfast in France needs some explanation. Everywhere provides pretty much the same fare. Standard breakfast…

As we knew we were going to be back in Paris we got in and booked ourselves a tour of the Palace of Versailles. A tip for anyone ever thinking about going to see Versailles (and you should – it’s magnificent), book a skip-the-line guided tour. It costs another 40-odd Euro extra, but you get…

Another travel day. This time back to Paris. The original plans of heading north to Belgium after Jersey were shelved when we got tickets to the Rugby. Now we’ve decided to spend the last few days back in Paris before returning to the UK on Friday. We wandered into the city centre for breakfast and…

We stayed an extra night in Saint Etienne, so as to have a good look around on Monday. We did have a good look too, probably better than expected. There are a bunch of museums in town, so we thought we’d take in one of them. Which one? Musée d’Art et d’Industrie. Nope, closed Mondays.…

Up and out early to get to the train station, across the road. Turns out there was a lot of sitting around to be done, as we overestimated how long it might take us, to get up, shower, get ready, take the cases down, book out of the hotel and get to the station. We…