Travel Blogs from Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
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Stocking up with booze
Last stop on the grand tour is ofcourse Citi-Europe. The French hypermarket where all Brits come for day trips to stock up on cheap booze. Carton of 24 throw downs (250ml beers) for 5 euro. So I got 6 cartons. Kim got some nice wine for 3 or 4 euro a ...
Not really going to plan...
... am off to the nearest hotel for an early night with a wonderful thought that even though it’s been raining since I got to France – I’m still on the coast and tomorrow I’ll be happily riding to Paris under the sun! Fingers crossed! ...
Paris to Boulogne
Memorial Day in the USA. Hope everyone enjoyed their day off. Headed to Boulogne to visit Gerald's mom. Boulogne is a coastal town 35 miles from England. A little chilly but nice to wake up and look at the ...
First night in Flo in France
... au chocolate, a coffee and a croissant. Just the £15.50, wow, that was a steep snack. Arrived in France and set off on a journey to Boulogne Sur Mer which is approximately 1 hour down the coast from Calais. We had a lovely lunch overlooking the coast and ...
Crumball Rally Day 1 - London to Boulogne!
... found our way to Boulogne. After parking the car and getting settled in at the hotel, we went for a bit of exploring. Boulogne (which is pronounced 'ba - loin'...at least to us English speaking folk) is an old town which has been settled for around 2000 ...
Bumming around Boulogne!
... the noise you can hear is Daisy breathing a huge sigh of relief! Our tour of Europe is almost at an end and we're parked up in Boulogne waiting to get the ferry on Good Friday. We're just round the corner from the port and Daisy (well, all of us if ...
Day one - Boulougne Sur Mer
Day One Start: Kennington, London End: Boulogne Sur Mer, France Distance cycled: 5km! Caught the train from Charing X to Dover Priory - dont feel like i am cheating - have simply cycled Kent too many times! I found the one carriage that miracuously ...
Walk around the Castle
Boulogne is a town that seems to have grown a lot. Its old city center is still surrounded by its old fortress walls. The city that sprawls outside of this is somewhat drab and uninspiring but within the walls there is a great feel for what it used to ...
Home sweet home
My hometown, where i spent 15 years, i cannot even explain the feeling to be here, my bed and the warmth of the house... i have less than a week now before my ...
Departure tomorrow
... me faire gronder et la moitie des gens ne vont rien comprendre a ce blog. Bref, je disais qu'aujourd'hui etait mon dernier jour a Boulogne, demain je prend l'avion dans l'apres midi et en fait ca va! Je pensais vraiment etre nerveuse mais il n'y a pas de ...
The Indians hideaway
We picked the Camping L'Été Indien site as it was 1/ Close to the Autoroute 2/ Close to the Boulogne Auchan 3/ In the ACSI book at 14€ a night We arrived during Siesta which meant that we couldn't get in straight away but it meant ...
Rest day
... bread to be had last night! We managed to scrape together enough pain grille for lunch, then headed up to Auchan at Boulogne for the necessary provisions, taking the scenic route up the Course Valley. We intended to walk round the city walls of Boulogne ...
Calais to Metz, France
... had eaten at on an earlier trip. We found the restaurant and our meal was delicous. The last two days we have been in Metz, France at a campground that we stayed at with our friend Susan. Still beautiful and much warmer here. Tomorrow we will head to a ...
Auberge de Jeunesse - Boulogne sur Mer
... qu'ils avaient un super SUV et le père, un certain Pete, a été assez gentil pour me donner le lift jusqu'à Boulogne Sur Mer et même de m'aider à trouver l'auberge...... Un don du ciel. Malheureusement je n'ai pas trop pu prendre de photos de cette ...
Back at home
Retour à Boulogne et fin de ce petit périple British. Bilan : beaucoup de visites intéressantes (Hastings, Portsmouth), de jolis paysages (Beachy Head, île de Wight, New Forest), de très beaux châteaux (Royal Pavilion, Scotney), une bouffe fidèle ...
Overnight Stop
Couple of hours drive and stop in cheap hotel. Nowhere to park so over the road in Decathlon stays the car. Couple of beers and a glass of wine, a scotch egg and crackers. ...
Boulogne Sur Mer
... down the coast road to Boulogne Sur Mer stopping at 'Battery Todd' Impressive battery aimed at the English Coast.Arrived in Boulogne Sur Mer for the night. Great camping Aire on the cliff top overlooking Boulogne. Cycled in to the centre to check ...
Via France!!!
The Channel Tunnel took us safely to France and we decided to continue on and drive through the night, we drove to the Mont Blanc Tunnel, it wass very, very foggy, conditions very ...
Bolougne sur mer
Another good day at sea to arrive at Bolougne. Only 27 Miles distance from Dover but a world apart. Plenty of shops. H&M, our great first croissants ...
Not a pizza topping
Horrifyingly, we had to get up early. The car ferry to Dover left from Boulogne around 9.30am. Finally we would be back on allied soil (the French don't really count... I mean you can't really surrender and expect to be part of the team). Expecting ...
Boulogne-Douvres
... pour ne pas dire pourri. On distingue à peine le cap Gris-Nez. Et ça semble pire à l'horizon. Mais bon dieu quelle idée ! Sur le bateau, au self, premier aperçu des English breakfast. Ce sera pain au chocolat, pour l'instant. Mais voilà déjà les ...
french like americans
Went here and drank at the red bar. drank from like 8pm til like 2am with a 250euro bill. The bartender was buying shots for us and we were for them. we were drinking a beer called red beer it tasted real geat and troll was nice too. i spoke a enough ...
Prison Break & Buffalo Grille
... Hudson is now sucessfully screwed with his sleeping - Up every 2 hours and won't sleep until he has boob, we went into Boulogne Sur Mer for a look around. What we didn't realise was it was actually New Year's Day and of course pretty much all the ...
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