We left early against the commuting traffic out of Bourg-en-Bresse and onto a local road […]
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Bourg-en-Bresse & Brou Abbey
At Bourg-en-Bresse we remembered why we knew the name… Bresse is the famous French chicken, […]
Beaune & Tournus
The forecast rains pelted us and we stopped overnight at Beaune, the jewel of Burgundy, […]
Noyers and Semur-en-Auxois
Earlier in the year I had bought a book from a charity stall promising ‘100 […]
Gurgy and Vincelles along the Yonne
France was forecast for three days of torrential and disruptive downpours, culminating in the small […]
Versailles
To borrow heavily from Dickens: It was the best of times, it was the worst […]
Artistry at Giverny
Further down the Seine we stopped at Giverny to spend the end of the afternoon […]
Animals at Parc Zoologique de Clères
On the first full day of our trip, we walked to see a charming stone […]
Turns out, we are off
To spend three months on the road in Bertha takes time to prepare. Time to […]
Homeward bound through France
France is always our gateway at the start and end of a trip, and we […]