Sun 14th Sept Our Copenhagen hotel: here and here. It was almost 3 pm by the time we arrived at our hotel in Copenhagen and found this to be a lovely, large and comfortable space for our one night stay. It was far bigger than what we’d needed and even had a washing machine that… More
Tue 9th Sept Our Rome Apartment: here and here The drive from Florence down to Rome airport to return our car went without incident and we were glad that the forecast heavy rain did not eventuate. Our taxi pick up from the airport went smoothly as well, that is, until about the last 300m. We… More
Thurs 4th Sept Our Florence Apartment: here and here The first 95% of our drive from Arenzano to Florence went without a hitch. It was just the last 5% that took a bit of a toll on all of us. Finding our parking garage and, then, convincing the parking attendant that we both had reserved… More
Wednesday 3rd September Our accommodation: Grand Hotel Aranzano It was another glorious morning on the French Riviera and we were sad to be leaving but, also, looking forward to our next adventure. We had chosen a halfway spot between Antibes and Florence as our overnight destination, so as to break up the driving, and this… More
Sat 30th Aug Our Antibes Apartment: here The trip from Mallemort, Provence, down to Antibes, on the French Riviera, took 2.5 hrs and went very smoothly and our host kindly let us check in at 2 pm rather than the scheduled 4 pm which was greatly appreciated. Our townhouse was absolutely lovely and perfect for… More
Wed 27th Aug It was an overcast morning but that suited Mark as he had a rather grueling bike ride up to Mount Ventoux planned for today; something he’d been looking forward to for over a year! He rose just after 5.30 am for the 90 minute drive to the start of the ride and… More
Sat 23rd Aug Our Provence Apartment: here It was quite an ordeal for all of us to reach Mallemort. Tom and Tara flew in from Rome then caught a train, Matt, Annabelle & Teddy caught the train from Paris to Avignon and then hired a car. Brett, Ali and Charlie drove from Montpellier and we… More
Wed 20th Aug Our Apartment: Apartment Rousseau at the complex Beaune Sweet Home. The drive down to Beaune from Troyes took about 2.5 hrs and we made into our apartment by 2 pm. The place was right in the middle of the Old Town so well located for sight seeing. It was a good sized… More
Sun 17th Aug Our Troyes hotel: here Leaving the Paris apartment, collecting our car from near Charles de Gaulle airport and the drive down to Troyes all went fairly smoothly and we arrived at the La Licorne Hotel & Spa just before our 3 pm check in. This was a lovely and rather grand establishment… More
Fri 15th Aug Our first activity this morning was a 3 hour walking tour at 9 am of Notre Dame Cathedral & Ile de la Cite booked through Viator but run by Letz Go City Tours. Our guide was very friendly and well informed so it was an interesting and worthwhile experience. Almost half of… More