Our morning started with a huge breakfast at Antichambre, where Jeanluc cooked us up a treat of local delicacies. The previous afternoon when he’d asked us what we didn’t like to eat at breakfast, I said mushrooms and he accepted that, but when Vanessa said fish, he looked astounded. “You don’t like fish?” he asked,…
Tag: Public Transport
Vive la France Tour 2019 – Day 13: Nîmes
As is generally the case on any holiday, I reach a point where the tiredness kicks in and the overwhelming number of photographs I have to process outweighs the amount of spare time I have at the end of the day. So I have to confess that we are now back home in Melbourne, and…
Vive le France Tour 2019 – Day 5: Paris & Lyon
Once again we had croissants and coffee for breakfast, though this time it was among surroundings not nearly so glamorous as a 19th century café, but rather in the departures hall of Gare de Lyon in the 12th Arrondissement. We had to stop briefly at the ticket hall that had caused us so much grief…
Vive le France Tour 2019 – Day 4: Paris
Our day started once again with a dip in the fabulous Villa Haussmann pool, followed by croissants, coffee, juice and baguettes at a café – this time at Montmartre, in the 18th arrondissement. Today’s breakfast felt especially deserved, as the Metro station at Abbesses, the closest to Montmartre, is actually buried 36 metres below street…
Vive la France Tour 2019 – Day 3: Paris
We have had to revise our schedule somewhat for this week, as the Paris Attractions Pass that we bought before we left needs to be used over three consecutive days and we are leaving for Lyon early Saturday morning. We’re coming back to Paris at the end of the trip, so we’ve decided to leave…