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“Sometimes you find people whose attitude about life is so wonderful, even if it seems crazy, you’d be crazy to forget about it.”
19. VAL-DE-LOIRE: Amboise
First things first… Sunday in Amboise is farmers market day… LE DIMANCHE À AMBOISE, C’EST MARCHÉ! Walking to the market… charming little streets… lovely Loire… most delicious strawberries with a hint of fraisier des bois… fromage de chevre… saucisses… pâté… … Continue reading
Posted in .2019.06-07.France, .Amboise, .cheese, .Clos_Lucé, .fruits, .market
Tagged Amboise, Leonardo's Point of View, The Clos Lucé, Val-de-Loire
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18. VAL-DE-LOIRE: Saumur to Amboise
Another hot day in Loire Valley … to start in a troglodyte cave… the Saut-aux-Loups… mushroom cellars… too early for lunch… that’s what the next destination is for… Tours! We miss the marché artisanal in Tours… have lunch at Les … Continue reading
Posted in .2019.06-07.France, .Amboise, .mushroom, .restaurant, .Saumur, .sweets, .Tours
Tagged Amboise, Loire Valley, Montsoreau, Saumur, Saut aux Loups, Tours, Val-de-Loire
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17. VAL-DE-LOIRE: The Castle Triangle
On a hot day… hide in a castle… repeat three times… from the playful Château-Musée de Saumur… to the enchantments of the Azay-le-Rideau… closing the castle triangle with the Renaissance gardens of Villandry… après-chateaux in Saumur… lively place… no reservation, … Continue reading
15. BRITTANY: Cancale & Saint-Malo
Today is the Cancale oyster day… we stop by the oyster farm… there is only a French tour in the afternoon… English in July… we try our luck in the town center… visit the Cancale Museum… learn about the scenic … Continue reading
12. CAEN: Museum of Normandy
Time to explore around Honfleur… Pays d’Auge… with a short stop in Beauvron-en-Auge… on the Route du Cidre… tasting the Norman teurgoule and enjoying a picnic from a local bakery… continuing our day trip to Caen… to learn more about … Continue reading
Posted in .2019.06-07.France, .Beauvron-en-Auge, .Caen, .cheese, .Clécy, .Honfleur, .Musée_de_Normandie, .Villers-sur-Mer
Tagged Auberville, Beauvron-en-Auge, CAEN, Calvados, Clécy, Falaise des Vaches Noires, Houlgate, La Route du Cidre, Le Pavé d'Auge, Musée de Normandie, Museum of Normandy, Pays d'Auge, Suisse Normande, Villers-sur-Mer
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9. NORMANDY: Constellations
Today is the constellation day… the convoluted reason we are continuing our itinerary to Varengeville-sur-Mer… starting from Miro’s Constellations… surprised by the constellation of artists in Varengeville-sur-Mer… BRAQUE, MIRÓ, CALDER, NELSON… at the Musée des Beaux-Arts… under the spell of … Continue reading
Posted in .bread, .exhibition, .food, .macaron, .Musée_des_Beaux-Arts, .Pourville-sur-Mer, .Rouen, .Varengeville-sur-Mer, Alexander Calder, Georges Braque, Joan Miró, Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Tagged BRAQUE, CALDER, Constellations, la plage à Pourville, Le Fournil du Carre d’Or, Macarons de Grand'Mère Auzou, Miró, Monet's soleil couchant, NELSON, Neufchâtel-en-Bray, Normandy, Pourville-sur-Mer, Rouen, The Journey of Miró's Constellations, Varengeville-sur-Mer
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8. IMPRESSIONIST ITINERARY: Giverny-Rouen
The day has come… to leave Paris… first we take a fast RER B to rent a car at the airport… then we start the new impressionist adventure… the first surprise pops up on the way to Giverny… a real … Continue reading