Ace Hotel Issoire
Rue du Dr Bienfait Issoire, Auvergne, 63500, France
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High on a hill stood a campsite......
... br> All this said the views were amazing – the Massif Central and the Puy de Dome in all its glory – spread out before us, with a wonderful sunset also.
BUT, apart from all of this the place was charming and the owner more than helpful! When asked about eating, he offered to add us to his party that he was cooking for, so for the amazing sum of 39E we had dinner (Mussels/Pork/Icecream/Coffee), wine and overnight camping ...
Nice lazy day
Little to report today beyond the meagreness of the hotel breakfast (which meant I had to go straight out to get another one from a café) and that I spent several hours in a Cyber Gaming Café updating this blog while surrounded by a crowd of crazy gamers, playing across networks and screaming at each other and their screens ... but I guess it keeps them off the street ;)
This is what a rest day should feel like - just chilling out, updating the blog, catching ...
Mountains on the Horizon
... so stepped inside. Pastis to open and then dived into frogs' legs followed by a generous slice of rib steak from the famous charolais cow, which was actually very tasty but not a great texture. Half bottle of St. Pourcain (from the town I cycled through earlier) to wash it down and finished with a delicious crumble of myrtles and other regional wild berries. Weaved my way through the network of tiny streets back to the hotel and some much needed ...
Getting further North now
Thursday 21 April
Fairly leisurely start to the day, with a supermarket visit at coffee time. Then an amazing journey through the mountains, wooded valleys, steep zig-zag passes, big plateaux. Lunch by the river. Eventually hit the free A75 ...
Le Massif Central
What a spectacular journey up the A75 to this campsite, situated on the outskirts of Clermont-Ferrand. The free (unusually for France) motorway snakes up and down mountain passes, right up through the centre of France. The highest point is 1100 metres but the highlight was crossing the Milau viaduct. The structure gives the impression that you are floating above the villages, which are way, way down in the valley below you.
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