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

Monday 30th September The sun isn’t rising here until 7.35 am here so there was no hurry for our morning walk. We were pleasantly surprised by the city this morning though; a good night of sleep, sunshine and no crowds helping us to see and appreciate the beauty of the city. There is more of a… More

Sunday 29th September Strasbourg to Colmar It was a beautiful sunny morning and not a cloud in the sky for our drive from Strasbourg down to Dijon via Colmar. This made it much easier to get from the apartment down to the car and for the drive. Navigating on the other side of the road… More

Saturday 28th September It was an early start for Mark today as he wanted to watch the AFL Grand Final. So, he set his watch at 6:30 am and duly got up to watch the game. It was raining during this time so I took the opportunity to update my trading blog. Our plan for the… More

The forecast for today had been for rain so we were pleasantly surprised to wake to cloudy skies but no rain. So, off we set for a morning walk to take in more of the medieval beauty of Starsbourg. I realised this morning that Strasbourg is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever… More

Thursday 26th September AirBnB: https://www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/15502465? Address: 16 Rue des Serruriers, Strasbourg We made it Strasbourg without any hiccups. I’d been worried given our two train journeys had only 9 min between them for us to unload bags, find the next train and load up again. One lady on the train comforted me though by saying… More

Wednesday 25th September Our morning activity for today was a group tour visit to Dachau Concentration Camp. We met our group at the HBF train station across the road from our hotel at 8:45 am. It was then about a 15 minute train trip out to Dachau station and then about a five minute bus… More