Travelogues France

Day 3 - Sunday December 10th, 2023 Raiatea – French Polynesia at the pier overnight Sunrise: 5:17 a.m Sunset: 6:26 p.m sunny, partly cloudy, small showers 28 degrees Celsius ...

A quarter of my stay here is already over - and so is the first semester (yaaay!) A lot happened this month, at least I went on a lot of trips and was able to check off a lot...

After I slept until just before 8, and very well, I packed my things and took the train to Saint-Jean-De-Pied. The journey took 1 hour, during which I polished off yesterday's...

We start the day early and leave the yard at half past 7 in the morning. The drive to Dover is quick, but there is traffic before the immigration controls at the entrance to the...

Katja and Volker in Brest and Konk Leon

336/4261 50 Lemont Sereib 51 Mont Ventoux 52 Col des Tempestes After being awakened by the biodiversity very early this morning, I was already on my way at 8 o'clock. The goal...

327/3925 What a hustle and bustle. I have never been to the French Mediterranean during peak season, now I know why we always avoided it, it's just not my world. Since I had to...

Hello dear ones, Today we reached the first stage goal in Thann. The path followed the entire route along the Thur river, crossing many bridges (some even going under bridges)....

290 km BJB - Les Deux Ballons 1 Col de Grase Piere 2 Col de Ménil It's hard to believe, but after 30 minutes you're already in tour mode and ready to roll, and as soon as you...

Office time! From this spot, with a view of the mountains, we could hardly tear ourselves away. Which led to cozy office time followed by coffee time. When we wanted to leave...

The journey today along the dune was shocking. The entire forest area here has been completely burned down and is ashen gray. From the dune, which fortunately remains so...

Lourdes liegt am Fuss der Pyrenäen, die eine beeindruckende Bergwelt darstellen. Bekannt von der Tour de France ist der Col de Tourmalet, ein Geburgspass bis auf über 2.200m,...

We left on time. After breakfast, in the room and packing the suitcase, and leaving the tip for the maid/the carpenter?! By the way, I should mention here that Karin leaves at...

So, now the full day in Orleans. I'm writing all of this today, already in Dijon, as an office file, of which I still don't know how to accommodate it at Vakantio!? But Dijon...

On Sunday, initially we didn't want to continue, as a day of rest and a shorter tour for shopping would have been preferred. Moreover, very high heat was forecasted, so even...

So today we packed everything that we didn't have in the bike bags into suitcases and backpacks and loaded them onto the Wilde Hilde. Then we headed towards the main road at our...

After my 3-day surfing course, my arms and thighs were really sore. The morning was tough and I couldn't get out of bed. I had to really force myself today 😴. I packed...

Before we explore the city today, we first need to take care of some important preparations for next week. We thought about renting the bikes a day earlier so that we can calmly...

After leaving the Penn Enez campsite as quickly as possible yesterday morning after an extremely stormy and cold night, I had a coffee and a croissant in Brest. A short city...

On this day, we say goodbye to the Breton Atlantic coast. No more steep, rocky paths beside blue water, but inland. We also wanted to see the Canal-Brest-Nantes, after all, the...

I have now spent three days at this beautiful bay in Locquirec and got the most beautiful pitch at the camping site (Camping municipal du Fond de la Baie) located directly on...

Yesterday I arrived at this wonderfully small and chill camping site Les Etang, located between St. Malo and Dinar. If I hadn't been placed directly across from a family of 9,...

The bridge to the peninsula

Baguette and croissants snagged at the campsite, strengthened us for the 1.5 hour drive to the next destination at Camping Platz Le Marmottes in Val-d'Oronaye. The drive there...

After waking up in scorching heat, we headed to the small Italian town of Susa where our ice cream melted away, quickly making our way up to the mountains in France. We...

The Atlantic embraces the Breton landscape, creating beautiful bays among the rugged cliffs. The tides are very pronounced here. At low tide, the scenery is completely different...

It continues, always along the beautiful coast. We drive to Penhors, a small village. Campers are welcome here. Above the beautiful beach is a nice meadow, where overnight stays...

On a beautiful day, we spend the afternoon on the black Columbus, an old two-master. Two experienced skippers are on board, of course. Once we left the harbor, the two large...

There are still some bunkers on the beach of Vensac that are decorated with cool graffiti. You can walk along the beautiful sandy beach forever. We have a really nice camping...

On the bridge of Avignon, we dance... No, we didn't dance. But we played soccer and crossboule in the square in front of the papal palace and Tschüggi in the park. And we also...