Monday 7th October Today was our last day and we were lucky that it wasn’t raining for our early morning walk down to pick up our bus tour. Our full day tour was out to visit two Chateaux; Vaux le Vicomte and Fointainebleau. It was about a 1.5 hour drive out to the first Chateaux,… More

Sunday 6th October We’ve been a bit unlucky with the weather, especially here in Paris. It was another overcast morning but this time with rain before we set out. Our plan for the day was to take a 2 hour free walking tour of Paris in the morning, with Sandemans, and to smooch around the… More

Saturday 5th October It was a cloudy morning but the forecast didn’t show much chance of rain. That was until we stepped out the door at 10 am!  We didn’t get too far though before being drawn in to all the wonderful fruit and produce shops just along the street from our front door; it… More

Thursday 3rd October It was a beautiful sunny morning in Lyon with clear skies but a cool breeze for our morning walking tour. This tour just starting from the same place where our wine tour started, Place Bellecour, and that was about a 20 minute walk south from our apartment. We set off with time… More

Wednesday 2nd October. There is about a week to go for our trip and we’re starting to feel weary. We’ve struggled to get out on early morning walks but, to be fair, this is probably also a factor of the late sunrise; still around 7.40 am here in Lyon. So our first activity for the… More

Tuesday 1st October Lyon:  AirBnB link. Address: 16 Rue Saint-Polycarpe, Lyon, Rhône-Alpes 69001, France We were heading to Lyon today but driving via Beaune. Beaune had been mentioned to us by a number of people as worth visiting. It is another walled town with origins dating back to Roman times and is considered the wine… More