HI againNieuwpoort was the last of the prebooked sites so we were now free to go wherever we want and to start taking advantage of the French AiredeServices if you don't know what an AiredeService is well most towns and even villages in France welcome motorhome travellers by allowing them to stay overnight in designated parking area for 24 or 48 hours sometimes with no facilities but som

Posted: August 23rd, 2010 under Lower Normandy.
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LeHavre France 13th July 2010.Well the journey is almost over. I am takingh it easy in LeHavre whilst Lyn is in Paris with friends. I decided not to make the blood clot any worse by walking around a city I have no real interest in.I am really looking forward to England tomorrow and seeing the family visiting my old stomping grounds and most importantly visiting the grave of my Dad as I hav

Posted: August 13th, 2010 under Lower Normandy.
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Last weekend Bucknell took us on an excursion to Normandy. As Irsquom sure you can tell Irsquom getting very behind on my blogging due to me wanting to write down too many memories that I donrsquot want to forget and also due to the fact that generally when I leave I donrsquot bring my computer with me. So Irsquoll just say that Normandy was fabulous but Irsquom going to try to not

Posted: August 13th, 2010 under Lower Normandy.
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Cherbourg is a pleasant and bustling town. After tidying the boat having lunch chilling for a bit recovering our nerve and showering it was early evening. We went for a walk to exchange our money and explore. Unfortunately the bureau de change was closed so we decided to withdraw some Euros for our dinner and swallow the fee With the cash nestled snugly in our pockets we took a walk around

Posted: August 13th, 2010 under Lower Normandy.
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Tuesday August 4thWhat a difference a Channel makesThe weather pattern really does look like it has changed but the forecast too for France was for fine weather so summer is officially declared back on track for the BBA.It is only a short distance to Dover and the Sea France ferry to Calais but we wanted to get there in plenty of time to locate where the ferry sailed from and because we anticipate

Posted: August 13th, 2010 under Upper Normandy.
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Well apologies to all those who have been checking this blog thingy to see updates but I'm back here in the UK already without having added any blogs whilst on my travels. The lack of blogs was down to the relative lack of internet access in the places I ended up visiting and also the fact that I was enjoying barely going near a computer for the best part of 5 weeks so didn't look too hard. Most

Posted: August 13th, 2010 under Upper Normandy.
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Departure Date minus 1.I've just started this blog and am unfamiliar with how it works. Anyway the idea is to record a holiday that Jane and I are taking in France. The mode of transport being the Big Bad Chev my Chevrolet Camaro the hero of the Big Drive Home in 2002 back to doing what it does best long distrance cruising.The plan is to take the ferry from Portsmouth to Le Havre and stay the

Posted: August 13th, 2010 under Upper Normandy.
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A Hotel Down a PassageTouched down at Charles de Gaulle airport late this morning and got myself into the city by the Roissy Bus. My lodgingsmdashin the Hotel Chopinmdashare in the lower portion of the 9th district only a kilometer or so from the Opera Garnier where the bus drops its passengers before heading back to the airport.Hotel Chopin is a budget accommodation but it suits me just fin

Posted: August 13th, 2010 under Upper Normandy.
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Hey everybodyWell I just wanted to update a bit unfortunately cannot post pictures on this entry but I will try on another computer at some pointSo we left London early on Saturday morning Aug.8. We arrived in France via the Eurotunnel quite quickly spent most of our first day travelling. We made a brief stopover on Saturday in Iepres Belgium to see the MenenMenin Gate. It is a war mem

Posted: August 13th, 2010 under Upper Normandy.
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A Bit of Practical InfoPublic restrooms that don't require admission to something else first can be scarce in Paris. In an emergency I've used those gray metal cylinders on the sidewalksmdashthe ones that automatically clean themselves after every customermdashbut I find them damp and a little scary and they aren't plentiful either. The conventional solution is to stop at a cafe then 1 or

Posted: August 13th, 2010 under Upper Normandy.
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It's Always Nice to See Other Americans in ParisI was welcomed to the Left Bank by the bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson who served as ambassador to France prior to his term as president of the new US. They say he spent much of his time here enjoying the sights socializing with the French elite and developing a close personal relationship with a member of his American staff. Seeing Jefferson th

Posted: August 13th, 2010 under Upper Normandy.
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By Bus and by TrainThis day Tuesday was a travel day. I left the Hotel Chopin after breakfast and traveled by a single city busno transferdirectly to the Gare St.Lazare. From there I caught a train to Vernon about an hour away in Upper Normandy. A fellow passenger on the train who was coming from Paris to visit his family offered me a lift to the Avis car rental office saving me the long

Posted: August 13th, 2010 under Upper Normandy.
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