The Vineyard Trail

Bye, bye Bordeaux and hello Toulouse. We got into Toulouse around 1pm, after 2 and a bit hours on the train. This train seemed positively…

Another lovely day in downtown Bordeaux. Since we discovered that there is a bigger and better (supposedly) wine museum in town, we decided we’d go…

So, most of today’s photos seem to be buggered. Thought the camera had developed an issue but it turns out that I had it set…

Have to catch a train to Bordeaux at 9:11am, so no time to waste. Turns out we were there an hour early and had plenty…

Big plans for the day, off to the Palace of Versailles. Not very good plans though, the thing was booked out. Plan B was a…

Friday was Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower Day. Very touristy I know, but that’s why we came to France, not for the coffee. The…

For something completely different we decided to take the underground to the underground and see the Parisian catacombs. We started our adventure when we descended…

After a short sleep of around 10 hours, we were up and out at 7am ready for a big day at the Louvre . It’s…

We slept in a bit this morning, then lounged around whilst we awaited guests. Guests being Amelia, all the way from Melbourne, and Amanda and…

They’ve obviously moved on since the Revolution, when there was so little bread that the helpful homemaking advice was to eat cake. Not good advice…