Castlenaudary is a market town and also the main port of the Canal du Midi. The Grand Bassin in the town is the largest open area of water in the…
Carcassonne, France
Carcassonne is another one of those destinations that seems to have been on our bucket list forever! So we were both excited to be visiting. We arrived at the Aire…
Narbonne, France
We have briefly left the canal du midi and swapped it for the Canal de la Robine which runs straight through the middle of Narbonne. We set off on our…
Colombiers, France
We arrived back in France and headed to the Canal du Midi. The Canal du Midi has been on our bucket list for the last few years but when we…
Aix-En-Provence, France
We will be coming back to Provence and the surrounding area next year. We merely stopped in Aix En Provence to break up our journey. It wasn’t a planned stop,…
Nice, French Riviera
Christmas festivities start a lot later in Europe than they do in the UK. Up until now we have seen very few towns or cities decorated, which is so different…
Monte Carlo and Monaco, French Riviera
We have been to the French Riviera in the past for holidays and we have visited Monte Carlo a couple of times, the last time was in 2016 to watch…
Menton, The French Riviera
Seems a bit strange to be back in France after spending just over 2 months in Italy and who has heard of Menton? We certainly hadn’t. Menton is the first…
The long and winding road to Italy..
The straight forward route to Italy would have been to jump on the toll road and pass through the Mont Blanc tunnel. Unfortunately Karen woke up in the morning saying…
Lake Annecy
We had never even heard of this place. We decided to have a change of route as we were so close to Switzerland we would be silly not to visit…
