So here we are back in France. Spent the last three days in Strasbourg. A beautiful city on the confluence of the rivers Rhine and L'ill. Strasbourg is a city of two identities. Being in the midst of the Alsace region, it has been, historically, either German or French, with touches of Swiss. In fact, Strasbourg and the Alsace region was a bone of contention with Hitler leading up to WWII. Consequently, it is a city with two personalities. There are both Frenc...

Long day of travel today - leaving Honfleur to go to Calais for the ferry trip to UK. Haven't been able to get an accurate weather forecast for the next couple of days. We are hoping it will stay calm for the ferry crossing. Calais - and its blowing up a storm. Looks like the ferry trip may be a bit on the rough side. Got to the passport control booths before we boarded the ferry. For some reason our line is moving really slowly (a bit like the checkouts at a s...

Left Caen to day and headed up to Honfleur, about 60km north of Caen. Honfleur is a small port town on the mouth of the Seine river. We're only spending one night here before we head up to Calais to catch a ferry across to the UK (if the weather gods are on our side that is). Being a fairly small town, we think we can see most of it this afternoon and tonight, seeing as there's only the immediate harbor area to see. As you can see from the photos, it's a reall...

Arrived in Caen on Boxing day (our recent dramas in Paris just a distant memory). We've spent a couple of days just relaxing with the odd bit of sight seeing. Caen has proved to be a real gem. A city which is a mixture of old and new, with most of the new built after the 2nd world war. There are the usual sights to see in Caen - churches which are over a thousand years old, castle in the middle of the town built by William the Conqueror, as well as archaeologic...

Today is our last day in Paris and its turned out to be a not nice day. First up, we returned to the Apple store to get a sales tax refund docket - no big deal, it was an easy drive in, found a parking space right where we need to be, got attended to in the store straight away, and then we were off. We headed for the Champs Elysees Avenue to go to a tax refund store. No problem, the GPS landed us right outside the store. Pulled in behind another vehicle parked on...