I think I can congratulate myself on the choice of dates and destinations because as soon as I go somewhere, the situation improves at the right time. We didn’t know, when booking the flight to Paris, whether we’d be allowed to exceed the 10km travel limit, but we just had to wait a few days, until we’d isolated a bit, for all of France to open up. Having deliberately chosen a weekday to travel, I’m surprised to see that the TGV from Paris to Saint-Raphaël is full all the way to Marseille. Usually, we wear cloth masks, but we’ve finally upgraded to FFP2 masks for public transport. To avoid a…

While we had the heat wave for the duration of our vacation, the rain fell on us, as if to signify the end of the vacations. Note: this blog article is part of the “Road Trip in France” made in August 2020. To read the previous parts, click here : #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24 and #25 Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary A short round trip to Paris During the 3.5 days in Tours, as I have less work than JB, I took the…

After the Marais Poitevin, we are supposed to attend the show la Cinéscénie du Puy du Fou but because of Covid, our tickets were unfortunately cancelled, the park only honors reservations made by customers staying in one of their hotels. So, instead of spending a few days in Nantes, we came back to Pays de la Loire, to JB’s parents’ home. Note: this blog article is part of the “Road Trip in France” made in August 2020. To read the previous parts, click here : #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 and #24…

After the Little Venice in Colmar and the Venice of the Perigord in Brantôme, here we are at the “Green Venice” in the Marais Poitevin Note: this blog article is part of the “Road Trip in France” made in August 2020. To read the previous parts, click here : #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22 and #23 Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary The Marais Poitevin is composed of three sets: the maritime marsh, the dry marsh, the wet marsh. It is the wet marsh (the green Venice)…

The luxurious experiences continue because the Cognac region is particularly suitable for them. After having eaten too well in the Périgord, one thinks that one should surely try one of the starred restaurants in the region. And then, due to lack of time, we delay the moment and end up booking a starred restaurant near Cognac. Note: this blog article is part of the “Road Trip in France” made in August 2020. To read the previous parts, click here : #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21 and #22 Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical…