Despite living in France for three years, I didn’t do much sight seeing. So when the opportunity arose to spend 2 days in Normandy, visiting Mont St. Michel and the D-Day Landing beaches in the north-west of the country, we leapt at it. We didn’t have a great deal of time to play with as we were visiting my parents further south in France, but we gave ourselves a couple of … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2016
Things To Do In Baton Rouge
Today, I want to talk about things to do in Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge is the capital of Louisiana, and a city I personally knew very little about before we visited. I am, however, very happy that we did visit, as we ended up seeing and doing a great deal! Our visit to Baton Rouge was part of a longer road trip through the 'Deep South' of the USA. That trip had us discovering … [Read more...]
Our Perfectly Located London Homestay
If you’re English, London tends to fall into one of two categories. It’s either the greatest city in the United Kingdom, and you can’t imagine why anyone would live anywhere else, or it’s a crowded nightmare, full of people who won’t stop going on about how amazing it is, even as they’re stuffed into someone’s armpit at rush hour. I definitely used to fall into the latter … [Read more...]
Travel Talk Tours Review: The Jewels of the Nile Egypt Tour
At the end of 2015 we were thrilled to be invited to two new countries for us, Egypt and Morocco, with tour specialist Travel Talk Tours. I’ve already written about our ten day tour of Morocco, so check that post out if you’re interested in learning about our Travel Talk Tours Morocco experience. Since then, we've also visited Turkey with Travel Talk Tours. Suffice to say, … [Read more...]