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We drove 30km out of Beaune to the Château de Sully. The tour was in French but we had an English summary to help us understand. http://www.chateaudesully.com/ (site in French).…

After breakfast we had a guided walk around the village before saying goodbye to our hosts. Margaret & Brian’s hospitality is unmatched and it was delightful to spend a short…

Today was primarily a driving day – we needed to cover 490km to Voutenay down in Burgundy. To break the journey we first stopped in Le Mans which had a…

Mayenne, Lassay-les-Chateaux: Monday 6th April 2009 We had a bit of a mixed day. We visited Mayenne a town which was having its weekly market. It was mainly ugly clothes…

We had relaxing sort of Sunday where we didn’t get up to early and only headed out to Mortain in the afternoon.Mortain is a small town 20km away from where…

We drove the one and bit hours to Mont St Michel to be there relatively early to avoid the crowds. This is France’s 2nd biggest tourist attraction after Paris itself.…