Greetings from Normandy. Left La Baule on Tuesday and came up here to Normandy, to a small town called Bayeux, just north of Caen. Beautiful town, lovely hotel. Spent the first day wandering the streets, getting a feel for the place. Apart from being right in the middle of the D-day landing area, Bayeux has a history which stretches back for centuries. All the way back to the 10th century. The Bayeux cathedral was built in 1077, and is one of the biggest...

After spending two wonderful days on Ile de Re, we are heading northwards to a coastal town by the name of La Baule-Escoublac. Hopefully this destination will prove to be as enjoyable as the one we are leaving. Weather isn't with us today, storm clouds are gathering and the temp is dropping. Weather reports have been predicting strong winds and rain storms along the Brittany coast. Still, can't let a little thing like the weather spoil the trip. Besides, the ...

10/12/2011: Leaving Biarritz (reluctantly), we are heading northward along the coast. Decided our next port of call will be a small coastal town by the name of Saint Martin de Re, located on Ile de Re, and island off the coast from La Rochelle. Weather doesn't look too promising - cloudy, foggy and raining. Arrived at Ile de Ree at about 2pm. Looks like it will be everything we thought it would be. After the initial shock of paying 12 euros to drive over the...

Road trip today. Going to a small place in the foothills of the Pyrenees mountains called Saint Jean Pied de Port. Its about 60km SE of Biarritz. Looks like it could be an interesting drive. According to the towns website Saint Jean Pied de Port was an important town along an ancient trade route from France to Spain. The road takes us along narrow valley SE from Biarritz. There are towering hills on both sides of the valley - I say hills because, although qui...

Back into France. After spending a couple of wonderful days in Spain, we are heading back to France to explore the west coast. Although Julie hasn't stopped waxing lyrically about Spain since we got here, its time to move on. We have decided to head for Biarritz, just over the border near Bayonne. A relatively short drive, about 60km, we arrived at our hotel just before noon. Hotel Alcyon is a small boutique hotel located a couple of streets back from the be...