Day: 7 (Lourmarin, Roussillon, Gordes & Avignon) Km travelled: 205km Steps: 14, 223 September 13th 2017 There are 155 French villages that have the honor of being classified as one of the ‘Plus Beaux Villages de France”. The Vaucluse department (the area of Provence-Alps-Cote d’Azur in which Aix-en-Provence is located) boasts 7 of these villages. Read More
Day: 5 – 10 (Aix-en-Provence) Km travelled: 954.68km Steps: 62 478 September 11th-15th 2017 I am in love! I’ve been seduced. I’ve fallen head over heels. I’ve found my soul mate. As I write this my heart is racing and there are butterflies in my stomach. The minute I laid eyes on my beloved, I Read More
Day: 4 (Honfleur to Rouen) & 5 (Rouen) Km travelled: 92.5km Steps:106.71 September 9th & 10th, 2017 A croissant and a short nap are the cure to most problems. I arrived in Rouen, a medieval Norman city, damp, cold and slightly cranky; however, after self medicating with the above, I was all set to explore Read More
Saint-Félix-Lauragais, France
Dom Perignon as far as the eye can see…. I have found my happy place!
A weekend in champagne…..
Palais des Papes, Avignon
Day: 3 (Honfleur to Rouen) Km travelled: 102.45km Steps: 15,544 Croissant eaten: 2 (don’t judge, it was a rough day!) September 9th 2017 I arrived in the evening of September 8th to Honfleur and walked over 20 minutes in the ‘misting rain’ to my hotel, doing the good old backpacker “front/back carry” (my large pack Read More