Day 153 to 155 - 2nd to 4th April - Paris Point of departure: Brassioux Point of arrival : Paris Accommodation: Etap Hotel, Accor hotels Km travelled today: 275km Cum: 27 347km (gravel 0km cum 4 649km) Countries so far: 13/16 Where to next? Calais, Dover & London No of photos: 46 (cum 6 939) How about Easter in Paris? Sounds good to us… Paris here we come! It seemed surreal to be driving into Paris with the Beast and, he certainly had Parisian head...

Day 150 to 153 - 29th to 1st April - Brassioux, Central France Point of departure: Sisteron Point of arrival : Brassioux, Deols, central France Accommodation: with Michel and Isabelle Lissac. Km travelled today: 662km Cum: 27 072km (gravel 0km cum 4 649km) Countries so far: 13/16 Where to next? Paris No of photos: 74 (cum 6 893) After we bade farewell to Alain, Christine and William (their son) we set off for Brassioux near Chateau Roux, to visit our son ...

Day 147 to 149 - 26th to 28th March - Sisteron Point of departure: Nice Point of arrival : Sisteron Accommodation: with friends Alain & Christine Arnaud Km travelled today:198km Cum: 26 410km (gravel 0km cum 4 649km) Countries so far: 13/16 Where to next? Brassioux, France No of photos: 154 (cum 6 819) Today the weather dawned cold and miserable so we packed up a day early and hit the road, along the "Route de Napoleon" to Sisteron. Apart fr...

Day 143 to 147 - 22nd to 26th March - French Riviera Point of departure: Rapallo Point of arrival : Vileneuve Loubet, Nice Accommodation: RCI exchange- Les Hauts de Vaugrenier Km travelled this week: 465 km Cum: 26 212km(gravel 0km cum 4 649km) Countries so far: 13/16 Where to next? Sisteron No of photos: 124 (cum 6 665) Arrivedeci Italia et bonjour la France! Today was a fairly straight forward day of travel with the only indication that we had crossed t...

FRANCE THE COUNTRY Fancy a little history and geography lesson …. read on, if not skip and move onto the next blog entry.(Source:www.worldmapmaker.com) The Flag (adopted May 1794 ) Flag: consists of 3 equally proportioned vertical stripes - blue on the left, white in the middle and red on the right. Meaning:the flag is based on red, white and blue cockade (a badge of concentric circles) which was worn by King Louis XVI whilst addressing a revolutionary gath...