Day 85 – Nantes In the morning we had a nice lie in followed by an late lunch and then figured we should probably actually go into the town. I’d done a lot of reading about les machines de L’ile and although we decided not to go into the museum, I don’t think you can […]
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Oradour-sur-Glane, La Rochelle and Nantes, France. – Europe Road Trip
Day 82 – Oradour-sur-Glane This has to be one of the most surreal places. On the 10th of June 1944, Nazi soldiers surrounded the town, ordering all of the women and children in the church and all of the men into 6 different barns and garages. They shot all the men in the legs, doused […]
Caumont-sur-Garonne and Bordeaux, France. – Europe Road Trip
Day 80 – Caumont-sur-Garonne We left Carcassone and headed towards Valence. We’ve been amazed by the amount of grape vines growing in this area. Practically the entire journey is full of vines as far as you can see. When we arrived in the little town we realised that it was about to hold a festival. […]
Gorges d’Heric and Carcassone, France. – Europe Road Trip
Day 78 – Gorges d’Heric In the morning it was still pretty miserable but got up and wandered down to the lake. Our next few stops were all lakes to swim in but due to the weather we thought it best to just move on.
Pont du Gard and Barrage des Olivettes, France. – Europe Road Trip
Day 75 – A lack of Pont du Gard We left early and drove onto Pont du Gard through more windy roads and interesting rock cut outs.
Driving into France, Castellane and Gorge du Verdon, France. – Europe Road Trip
Day 73 – Driving into France With two and half weeks to go we thought we’d better see some of France. There weren’t many free places to stop along the south of France so we decided to head towards the National Park in Verdon and spend the day driving the scenic route! This involved the autostrada through […]
San Rocco and Camogli, Italy. – Europe Road Trip
Day 71 – San Rocco We left early to get moving further north. On the autostrade we drove through Cinque Terre which was really pretty. We had originally wanted to visit some of the towns but hadn’t found anywhere we could park. All of the towns are built right into the side of the mountains […]
Livorno and Pisa, Italy. – Europe Road Trip
Day 69 – Livorno Livorno is quite a small town and not very touristy, mainly because there’s not a lot left there. It feels like it was once a nice place to come and visit, but it’s now all a bit run down and in some places literally falling apart. We spent a couple of […]
San Marino and Florence, Italy. – Europe Road Trip
Day 67 – San Marino After ringing the insurance company and checking that we were definitely covered in San Marino we headed up the hill. Jack’s parents had been here so we’d heard a lot about it. After parking up at the middle of the hill another British couple in a van approached us and […]
Ravenna, Italy. – Europe Road Trip
Day 65 – Ravenna It was so much cooler that we actually managed to get a lie in; when we did get up it was lunch time so we had some piadinas. These are very common across this region of Italy and are kind of their version of a sandwich. It’s basically a heated wrap […]