After a memorable time in Roma with Cynthia we motored on to the renaissance city of Florence where the Medici family had lots of influence in the past. We drove from Umbria to Tuscany in the rain. Some of these areas you just want to stop the coach for a photo. We stopped for early lunch at a road house and bought Mortadella rolls, apple muffins and cappuccinos - nice. We arrived in Florence and walked from the bus drop off to the gallery where the Statue of D...

Paris Sojourn 22 - 26 September 2012 Well after a gliche with Offexploring and a helpful visit to the Apple shop we are continuing on. We left Dresden after a lunch at a German restaurant near the airport with our gracious hosts. It was farewell to our friends and off to Paris .(22nd September) We caught a taxi to the apartment on Rue de Levi's and met our helpful host with the key - phew it all worked successfully. After negotiating more steps with our lugg...

We've braved the country roads out from St Genies to some very interesting and different locations. As we drove along the castle views were just calling out for us to stop and photograph them. Belcastal was one of these occasions. We checked out the geese, the views, the castle and chatted with some American bike riding tourists, then we hit the road again.We made it to the the much visited town of Rocamadour about an hour and a half away. My word the drive wa...

12/9/2012This day we decided to have coffee at McDonalds in Sarlat and use the free wi fi. Afterwards we drove to les Eyzies-tayac-Sireuill where we went to the Musee National Prehistoire. We had lunch at the cafe here and then from the attendants advice decided to visit 2 sites. There are very many sites in this area to visit . We went to St Cirq and had a guided tour of the Unesco listed Grotte prehistorique du Sorcier. Then onto the Village Troglodytique da ...

My, we have only been in France for 1 week but so much has happened. Today Sunday we thought to go to church but the local one was not happening this week . We still went for a visit after breakfast of bread & vegemite , croissants & coffee. We then did a tour of the market where we bought our chicken & rice & coleslaw lunch. We also purchased our tomatoes ham & baguette for later plus some delicious strawberries. After lunch we went for a dri...