Détour en Suisse
Posted by Richard on Saturday 5th October 2002 at 11:02 PM
The first leg of our tour took us across northern France and into Switzerland. We stayed with Tim and Gill in La Tour-de-Pielz, between Vevey and Montreux, on the beautiful Lac Leman - or Lake Geneva to us Brits! We particularly enjoyed sampling the wines at the market in Vevey and taking to the water in our pedalos.
Retour à Miélan
Posted by Richard on Saturday 5th October 2002 at 11:02 PM
The second leg of our journey took us from Switzerland back to Gasconny in the South of France. From our base at Laura's parents in Miélan, we drove onto Spain (for a day) and also revisited
Les Grottes de Betharram.
Les Sables d'Olonne et la Côte Sauvage
Posted by Richard on Saturday 5th October 2002 at 11:02 PM
From Miélan, we headed for Les Sables d'Olonne in the Vendee (down from Britanny; up from Bordeaux). The beach was a stone's throw from our campsite at La Dune des Sables, but this length of coast, along the La Chaum peninsular, is known as 'la côte sauvage' (the wild coast) - the body boarding was certainly harder work than last year!
Le Mont-St-Michel
Posted by Richard on Saturday 10th July 2004 at 12:17 AM
As in 2001, our route home took us the past le Mont-St-Michel, and another chance for the kids to eat my oysters!
