I had never heard of Tours before and had little idea what to expect. Our hotel was neat and I even got a double bed to starfish on. We'd booked to do a Chateaux tour the following morning so for that evening, we simply went for a walk along Rue Colbert which was the medieval street that lead to the old town. We found a little restaurant and had ( Read more... )

Bright and early we caught the Busabout bus in to France. The trip from San Sebastián to Paris is the longest on the Busabout loops with two optional stops along the way and who am I to skip out on France? So we stopped in Bordeaux for two nights where we did very little except be amused by the quaint little hotel we were in and drink wine. If you' ( Read more... )

Once home of the Pope, Avignon was a delightful 2 night stop. I arrived in the middle of the day and we made our way to the hostel in the centre of town. I dropped my gear and went straight out as Monday's usually see museums close for the day. I went to Musee Angladon which is in a former home and houses a number of modern artists works including ( Read more... )

Arrived in Nice and since I've been before, I decided instead of hanging around in town, to hop a train to the next country, Monaco. Second smallest country in the world (Vatican City just beats it) seemed like just the place to go! I met some Germans on the platform and helped them figure out they were catching the same train as me but to the last ( Read more... )

Right, to hell with individual posts, it all went to pot with ludicrous things to do in little time, late nights, early mornings and all manner of other things to do.

So, here goes four months in dot points which might get elaborated at a later point...
Easter - covered

April saw me run two major brand launches, one in London at the National Theatre ( Read more... )

Austria is the last entry I wrote? Geeeez I'm slack!I was about to write up my Easter escapades, but no, clearly I need to at least let you all know what Wonderboyf and I did in the entire month he visited, back in February, which I renamed Stubruary, then by a better suggestion, Febstuary ( Read more... )

This is what happens when you lose momentum on blogging your travels, very late posts!

So, from Bruges, I took a train to Lyon to stay with a work friend, Miss P's, parents - it's good to know French people! Paris was one thing, most people knew enough English to get by without any problems, but in the rest of France, English is not nearly as ( Read more... )

Arriving in Paris by train isn't exactly glamorous but it's efficient. After a quick question here and there, I managed to navigate the underground and find the apartment I would be staying in for my two weeks in Paris. To be honest, I didn't feel like doing much that night except a load of washing and getting some take away, it's a bit ( Read more... )

It's not you, it's me. I need some time away to discover myself and reignite my passion for life. So this is it, I'm leaving, you can't stop me (well, unless my visa doesn't come through). I do love you, I just need some space and time to myself. We'll see how we both feel in 12 months.

That's right, you may recall about 3 years ago I very proudly ( Read more... )