France A 8-post collection

Lyon

We arrived late in Lyon and stayed in a room in a house of two older woman. They were very cheerful and offered us some tea. It was really nice to have such social hosts after a long time :) The conversation juggled between their broken English and Peter's broken French…

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Rocamadour

On our way to Lyon we went to Rocamadour - nice, small and medieval looking town in a valley. This town is one of the stations for pilgrims and many signs, posters suggest that. The most impressive building here is church of l'Hospitalet that requires a little hike up a…

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Bordeaux

Just one word - wine! Lots of wine... That was our task for the 4 days we stayed here - get in every yard that has a chateau in its name, hope it's a wine yard, hope we can taste some wine, hope we can afford some :) Although, it would…

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Toulouse

Toulouse

In Toulouse we were lucky to stay with really nice hosts, Peter's sisters friends. Here we stayed for the longest so far - 4 nights. We decided that from here we can take the car and explore also cities nearby - Albi and Carcassonne. On the first day we walked…

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Albi

Albi

combination with gothic style candies from childhood :)…

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Carcassonne

Carcassonne

The fairy tail - alike medieval city Church of Carcassonne fortress…

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Avignon

Avignon

Jumping picture! Pont Saint-Bénézet that was destroyed during flood of the river he river Rhône That was a day of jumping ;) Palais des Papes Palais des Papes Palais des Papes - statue and a gift to the architect that was responsible for renovations of the palace. You can see he…

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Nice

Nice

We stayed in Nice for two nights. Our hosts live in a little village up on a hill from Nice. Driving was little bit stressful as the streets go up and down very steep and they are formed by sharp curves with limited visibility. The view from our room was…

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