Category: Europe

Madrid is proving to be a very captivating city. Today we went to Retiro park and it was a few hours well spent. It’s beautiful, incredibly well maintained, and contains an incredible number of features within it’s grounds. It also has a stunning array of trees and flower displays, and it’s totally free? Madrid is…

Probably the highlight of Marseille. If you come to Marseille you must take some time out to take a trip to the provence countryside. The scenery and ideallic French villages are picture perfect. Yes there are a lot of tourists, and no doubt this will increase as the summer season moves on, but don’t let…

Highlight of day 3 was going on a guided walk for 2.5 hours, getting to know some of the history of Marseille. As always there is a lot to learn, but how much will I remember? We’ve been using a company called Get your Guide to book some of our trips, they’re pretty good, I…

Another day of exploring and also managed to get a couple of hours sunbathing on Marseille city beach. It really is a great city, much bigger and busier than we thought it would be. Don’t think 4 days will be enough to see it all, especially since we are doing a full day trip to…

Arrived in Marseille today. What a great buzzing city, first impressions very positive. Sun was out and it felt lovely and warm. We were too early to check in, so dumped our luggage and had a stroll around the very large and impressive port, and checked out a couple of places we want to visit…

A great last day in Lyon, walked to the Parc de La Tete D’Or which includes a zoo which is all free, so definitely recommend this as a place to go. Great outdoor space with a very scenic lake and rose gardens. The zoo is also surprisingly nice. Then we went to Les Halles Paul…

Arrived yesterday afternoon and found our little studio, which is situated in the heart of the old city. Very nice little place, well equipped and comfortable. Had a little wander and found a great square to chill with a drink and watch the world go by. We then found a great supermarket and stocked up…

Day 2 of our little Paris adventure and we spent the day visiting the above. I would highly recommend this as a day out. We didn’t purchase tickets to go inside the palace, just visited the gardens, which are spectacular despite the fact that we visited on a grey and rainy day. I can’t imagine…

So we started our European adventure with a Eurostar train to Paris, very enjoyable bombing along at in excess of 160 mph across the French countryside, accompanied by a fairly loud and excitable hen party? Managed to navigate the metro and RER in Paris to arrive at our location in Puteaux at about 5pm. Nice…