France
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The Dune of Pilat
A Facebook friend once posted a picture of the Dune of Pilat, where he had been. It looked so interesting that I couldn’t resist asking him where it was, and then decided that I had to go…
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A stop-over in Libourne
To avoid the various hurdles placed on air travel in these difficult times, we opted to go by car. Come to think of it, going overland is becoming ever more an interesting way to travel. Yesterday I…
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A glimpse at the Loire Valley
The Loire Valley deserves to be the main destination of an overland trip, not a stopping point. But it happened to be at the right distance, so I thought, why not, it should be a pleasant day…
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God bless Schengen!
Safe in the knowledge that, at long last, we’re fully protected by a double anti-Covid vaccination, we embarked on our first trip away from Belgium for (too) many months. Travelling by plane has become so difficult and…
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It doesn’t get any more ‘French’ than this
“This station was built in 1922 on the same site of the one burned down by the Germans on 2nd September 1914.” Poor Germans, always being blamed for their misdeeds, although in this case I can…
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Peaceful Sedan (finally)
As usual, France did not disappoint. Yet again, as happened when we aimed for the region of Alsace and ended up instead in Xonrupt-Longemer in the region of Lorraine, we discovered the town of Sedan in the…
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L’Omelette de la Mère Clotilde
The French are lucky. They have such a beautiful country. Wherever I go there I am greatly impressed, and quite often the best places are those that I discover by accident. Except for Paris of course: can’t…
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