Category Paris and Normandy

We arrived at Charles de Gaulle international airport at around 10 AM after a very nice flight in business class. The flight crew was very good and just before landing one of them offered Conrad and I coupons to go…

Our first full day in Paris was a beautiful sunny day. We took a photo of Sacre Coer from the hotel room before venturing out and then took a G7 taxi from our hotel to Saint Chapelle a beautiful old…

For our 3rd day in Paris we had plans to visit the Eiffel Tower and then walk down to the Champs Elysees to see the Arc De Triomphe. We decided to take a cab to the Eiffel Tower and arrived…

We left our Paris hotel in a cab headed back to the airport to pick up a rental car. Shawn watched videos of how to interpret the road signs in france. The cab driver was able to drop us quite…

We had done a test drive to the place where we would meet our tour leader last night so we knew where we were going. We needed to leave Aramanches before the hotel started breakfast so although they requested no…

We got up early and had some pastries and coffee before getting on the road to Mont St Michel. The ride was beautiful and as you get close there are several views from overlooks on the side of the road.…

We left Mont St Michel heading towards Clermont-Ferrand. We had one more day to visit france and we decided to see some of the roads where the Tour de France takes place. Cleremond Ferrand is hear a mountain called Puy…

After going up the end of stage 9 of the 2023 Tour De France yesterday at Puy De Dome, we then drove a portion of stage 10 as it made it’s way to and from lac Chambon. It was very…