Carcassonne – The Fortified Town 43.2122° N, 2.3537° E Ever since I rode past Carcassonne in a bus on the way to a ski holiday in Andorra in 1978, I have been keen to visit the Fortified Town. The fortifications were first established by the Romans around 100BC, although the regionContinue Reading
We again adopted the strategy of wandering between visiting family in Vendee and our planned stay in Carcassone, choosing where to stay and what to do as the wind blew us. That works most of the time, but we hit Cahors planning to stay two days only to find aContinue Reading
We spent a few days in Utrecht and Amsterdam as a base for exploring some “unknown places” in the region. This is what we found. Kinderdijk 51°52′57″N 4°38′58″E Ask anyone who has seen Kinderdijk, or looked at a photo or even heard about it and they will say thatContinue Reading
I have been travelling to Mamers for 40 years (!) but never has there been such a week. First the Tour de France flew through rue du Fort, the main artery through the town. The Peloton on rue du Fort And then they were gone. The Peloton passes aContinue Reading
When I first visited Koln in 1979, my objective was to see the Cathedral, climb the bell tower and take a photo of the Hohenzollern Rail Bridge. The first thing I did in Koln was to take a photo (using one of the precious 36 slides) of the railway stationContinue Reading
The Lady In 2015 we used a free day in our schedule to take a ferry down the Rhine River from near Wiesbaden to Loreley – a rock in Saint Goarshausen – where there is a statue of the legendary woman who tempted sailors to their demise in this dangerousContinue Reading
Frankfurt does not have the immediate recognition factor of a London or Paris. In fact, if you arrive by train at the Frankfurt Hbf, it has the familiar look of many large German towns, with the parking lot, taxi stand and bus terminal (along with the essential beer garden) inContinue Reading