The steepest road in North America or is it?

As this was taken from inside the car, it doesn’t show the gradient Ever since Lindsay heard there were bears in Bella Coola he has wanted to go there. Me, not so much, you see we had heard horror stories about the road in. They call it the Freedom Highway. It’s the steepest road in […]

They burnt a saint

Rouen’s Notre Dame There are a couple of places in France that do a illumination show – where they project a light show onto a building and synchronise it with music. They do this at the Notre Dame in Rouen. We timed dinner so that we would be at the church in time for the […]

The Normandy D-Day Beaches

the beaches offered no cover at all The area we have been travelling is called Normandy. When most people think of Normandy, they think of D-Day in 1944. When the Allied troops (US, Canadian and British – some Australian air force personnel served under the British) invaded Normandy to drive the Germans out of France. […]

The Abbey on the Island

Mont St Michel While I felt I was getting better in Epernay, I suffered a relapse the following day. Our B&B was in a perfect location, only a short walk into the town with a view of Mont St Michel from the carpark. The town of Mont St Michel is not much, just a few […]

Vintage Bubbles

Grape vines in the Abbey at Hautvillers Our first stop outside Paris was the town of Epernay where they make Dom Perignon Champagne. We had been invited on a special tour of the Abbey at Hautvillers – the birth place of Dom Perignon champagne and the resting place of the monk Dom Perignon. The monks […]