Travelogues France

An extraordinary green oasis

From Ouistreham via Lion-sur-Mer, Luc-sur-Mer and Saint Aubin to Corseulles-sur-Mer

D-Day: ... the US Army before Colleville-sur-Mer

Mâcon is known for its white wine, so we headed towards Solutré, west of Mâcon. We had chosen the Domaine de la Croix Senaillet in Davayé. It’s just about a 45-minute ride...

The two locations are two curiosities of Lyon. The Place des Terreaux houses the Bartholdi Fountain. The fountain was only set up in Lyon because the city of Bordeaux could no...

The La Confluence district is characterized by its partly modern architecture along the Quai Rambaud. Starting with the futuristically designed Musée des Confluences, the path...

Auxerre is a lively friendly little town. Inside the ring, there are only small old houses. The city seems quite untouched by tourism and has retained its French charm. There...

We set off towards Aitutaki yesterday evening. We chose a picturesque route through the islands of Raiatea and Tahaa. Already at dusk, we could see the distinctive mountains of...

Today we first explored Pont-Royal. The Domaine & Golf de Pont Royal where we are staying is a holiday resort in Provence, located between Avignon and Aix-en-Provence. It is...

Belgian evening sun

The view from the patio door is great. Yesterday when we arrived everything was dark, but now this. The breakfast is delicious and plentiful (the content is a copy of the last...

Saturday, 01 June 2024 We are on tour again. After an adventurous sailing week for Hans-Werner in Sardinia and an eventful holiday week for Rotraut with family and grandchildren...

I had heard something about the Dorgogne river before; in my crime series, a policeman searches for murderers around Saint Denis, and now we have ended up there, where there are...

This Tuesday, an exercise at the university was cancelled, which of course was the perfect excuse to skip my morning lecture as well (possibly for the third time in a row....

This Saturday there was an activity organized by the Crous here, i.e. the student union. The whole thing is called " Koh-Lanta Crous " and is an island tour that is a little...

My friend Lorenza asked me two days before whether I would like to spend a day with the other Erasmus participants in Cilaos , one of the Cirques . Of course I said yes...

Valentine's Day is also celebrated here, in the middle of the Indian Ocean. So, in the absence of a significant other, I forced my roommates to do something with me (okay, maybe...

This Saturday I wanted to make the most of it and go for a nice hike along some basins. Unfortunately, the weather said no. So, we (Lorenza (Italian), Nanou, and I) came up...

There hasn't been an update from me here for more or less a long time. I don't know exactly what it was, but somehow I didn't do anything that was worth a contribution in...

Now that the semester is over, I have time for lots of other fun activities. For example, on Friday we celebrated, on Sunday we celebrated the first Advent a little late by...

From Friday evening to Sunday evening I spent the time with Katrin again. On Friday I went to La Plaine des Palmistes to see Katrin for free using Karos (a ride-sharing app)...

Brittany is always beautiful! That sounds like a cliché, but it's the pure truth, because 3 years ago we were already at Cap Frehel, Camaret and other places, but had completely...

12 days isn't much at all. It would actually take months to see every village, every river, every castle and every cave in this region. And almost every town says that it is one...

We have now landed back in Normandy, this time not in Yport or Etretat, sorry for the lack of accents, but near Bayeux. Christian was here right after graduating from high...

This weekend I went on a relatively spontaneous two-day trip to the Cirque de Mafate . My roommate Celine's group of friends had booked accommodation there for themselves, then...

This post will not just be about one experience, but will cover my entire weekend. Interculturality Day took place in Saint André on Saturday. I only knew about this because...

Now we were finally in France and were excited to tour this camper-friendly country. The joy didn't last long and we were back in Germany in no time, but more on that later. But...

From Avignon I set off south on Sunday morning with a stopover in Arles. The story is quickly told, I looked at the big, old amphitheater. Bullfights take place here with up to...

Niagara Falls in the middle of the Indian Ocean - or at least its namesake. Of course I have to see it up close! I still had university until 10:00 in the morning and then...

The first hike is finally here! We took the bus from Arret Bois de Nèfles to Arret Piton Bois des Nèfles and that alone was impressive. The serpentines that the bus driver...