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Paris Visitor Guide for your Second Visit

As you may have well read on my blog, Matt and I had been to Paris once before. This time we were here for Tour de France, but we had […]

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An Amateurs Guide to Le Tour de France Live

Okay, let’s be honest here – I pretty much bribed Matt into this trip to Europe by saying we could see the FIFA World Cup and watch Le Tour de […]

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Versailles with Fat Tire Bike Tours – Paris

What a day! I don’t know what you’ve heard about Chateau de Versailles, but that place be huuuuge. Versailles was the home of the Louis kings of France back in […]

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Annecy – Summer Gateway to the French Alps

Have you heard of Annecy before? Ok wait… have you seen those Facebook clips where the melted raclette cheese gets scraped straight from the wheel onto your food? Now we’re […]

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Neutral about Nantes

Hmmm… What can I say about Nantes… Architecture The architecture here is lovely. There are castles and churches you can explore. My favourite was the Chateau de ducs de Bretagne. […]

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Exploring Europe – Bordeaux!

We arrived in Bordeaux and dropped off the car before heading to our hotel; the Hotel Mercure Bordeaux Centre. We were settled in the Zorro room (lol) and the concierge gave […]

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Exploring Europe – Road Trip to Bordeaux!

We left Aix-en-Provence reasonably early to make our way west across France to Bordeaux. Our first stop was Avignon, the town that was once home of the Catholic Popes. We stopped […]

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Exploring Europe – Aix-en-Provence

We arrive by plane late in the afternoon and caught a taxi to our hotel, the Hotel du Globe. We decided to get a quick bite to eat, and then […]

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Exploring Europe – Juan-les-Pins

We caught a train from Nice to Juan-les-Pins. The train system in Europe is just a dream to use. We walked around the corner to our hotel, the Ibis Styles, and […]

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Exploring Europe – Nice

Back to Europe we go for a sun soaked summer! We flew Qantas, Sydney through to Nice, France via Dubai. Matt was a platinum member, so we had all the […]

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Europe Wandering – Paris!

Our next overseas trip! I was so excited to pick up and jet set that I must’ve packed my bags a month before we were due to leave! Our first […]

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Paris Visitor Guide for your Second Visit

An Amateurs Guide to Le Tour de France Live

Versailles with Fat Tire Bike Tours – Paris

Annecy – Summer Gateway to the French Alps

Neutral about Nantes

Exploring Europe – Bordeaux!

Exploring Europe – Road Trip to Bordeaux!

Exploring Europe – Aix-en-Provence

Exploring Europe – Juan-les-Pins

Exploring Europe – Nice

Europe Wandering – Paris!