Breakfast in Portugal, lunch in Geneva and dinner in France
Today was a traveling day, but we did manage a few nice hours wandering in Geneva. We visited the very nice Museum of art and history near the Cathedral and…
Lille
We arrived in Lille and went to drop the car off near the railway station. It sounded easy, but finding the office and then being able to get there on…
Metz and thunderstorms
Metz lies 40 minutes north from Nancy. A more subdued town in terms of historic monuments, the highlight is the Cathedral. Begun in 1220 and completed in the mid…
Nancy
Nancy is one of those towns that is quite often not included on itineraries, but should be. Much of the town has an Art Nouveau style and has been well…
Strasbourg
Some of the the German autobahn has speed limits and some of it doesn't. The journey from Freiburg to Strasbourg had 40 minutes of "set-your-own-speed" so Andrew did just that.…
Besancon to Freiburg
We left Nolay in fog and had it for most of the morning. We got to Besancon to experience blue skies. Besancon is a lovely French town with a large…