A day trip to Falaise Castle One of our day trips from Caen took us south to the town of Falaise, which was the birth town… Read more Share this:Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...
The Castle of Caen Since the area around Caen has so much to offer we spent, besides staying three nights, only two late afternoons… Read more Share this:Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...
Château Gaillard – driving down history lane We started our magical history tour with Château Gaillard. After spending a night in Rouen and strengthening ourselves with a… Read more Share this:Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...
Another trip to France for history nerds – off to Normandy A year ago I followed the footsteps of the Plantagenets all the way to Le Mans and Poitiers. This year… Read more Share this:Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...
Is Trencin worth a visit? Trencin is a town in Slovakia with about 50k inhabitants . From Vienna it’s about three hours directly by bus,… Read more Share this:Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...
Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel For our last day in Scotland I had planned to visit Dunstaffnage Castle. Fortunately we had managed to leave Mull… Read more Share this:Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...
Arriving on the Isle of Mull After a full day driving around Kintyre and exploring Tarbert, we spent the night at Oban only to leave it… Read more Share this:Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...
Tarbert – a picturesque village and a castle After driving along the entire Kintyre peninsula all the way from Claonaig in the north, to the Dunaverty rock in… Read more Share this:Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...
Discovering Brno – Spilberk Castle One of the first things we did in Brno was visiting the old town hall. Not only does it house… Read more Share this:Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...
An afternoon in Rye We left Dungeness and on the way to Hastings passed Rye. This is a very pretty medieval town, where three… Read more Share this:Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...