Day 19 Thursday 29/08 Montreuil 24 deg Sunny - We are enjoying just relaxing in this town and have wandered around a different part today, so many photo opportunities! Had our morning coffee at a different cafe today which was very good, along with a Croque Monsieur (or ham & cheese toasted sandwich, where the outside is buttered or done in a very light egg batter)...boy are they smokers here and I suppose with a packet of fags at only €6.90 they can w...

Day 18 Wednesday 28/08 Montreuil 23 deg Sunny - John here...After a late breakfast, we wandered into the medieval town to find a laundromat and have a coffee. We then walked the rampart which surrounds the old town. Later we drove to Le Touquet a tourist beach resort, near Calais. - Judy here...Montreuil is very pretty town with an historical background, the British had their headquarters here in WW1, and it also played a major part in WW2. The architect...

Day 17 Tuesday 27/08 Dijon > Montreuil 17deg Cloudy - Today we are off to our cottage for the next week, in northern France at Montreuil. 560k later we find our cottage which is quaint and delightful with a lovely garden in a very quiet one way street. It is well equipped with many interesting pieces and the owner has been very thoughtful in providing lots of information about the area, in particular the WW1 history. As this home is over 200 years old, to...

Day 16 Monday 26/08 Lake Garda > Dijon 21deg Cloudy - The "drugs" and rest have helped so I am feeling much better, thankfully it is a driving day so I can rest in the car. We headed off in misty rain and 18deg, into heavy holiday traffic, it took an hour to do 4k. We were then on the tollways where you can do a 130kph or in some areas unlimited. We travelled through the awesome Italian/Swiss/French Alps and 28 tunnels, the longest Mont Blanc at 11k with a...

Day 15 Sunday 25/08 Lazise (Lake Garda) 31 deg Sunny - John here...Not off to a good start today...Judy had gotten very sick and the best thing was to have a day in bed, so Jen, Jon and I went to Sirmione, which took a while due to heavy traffic. We parked the car and walked into the town. The town is on a peninsula and entrance is via a bridge crossing onto an island that had a medieval castle/fort with a moat. We then walked along the foreshore and decided...