Hotel Cosmopolitan Vichy

7 Rue De L'intendance Vichy, Auvergne, France

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Bully, Beaujolais and Big Bellies

A travel blog entry by rootsandroutes

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... for everyone there is a story – some came specifically to learn about the methods of wine-making in the region in order to transplant ideas into their own wine-making, whereas others have simply come for a fortnight to glean an alternative perspective on this much-visited country. Some are near the end of their trip, and others have only just begun. Some – such as two Seattlites, Andrew and Rose – have been here for months and will return more or ...

High on a hill stood a campsite......

A travel blog entry by thehamptons

Saturday 11th June 2011

Off today, packed Sonia up – am sure we are getting better, but we always seem to be the entertainment for other campers! Himself wants to go to the village that was Clochemerle! For those under 105 and me included this was a BBC series back in the 70's and very popular. A lot of it revolves around a small parochial village and the addition of a pissoir by the mayor! An amount of driving through small ...

Nice lazy day

A travel blog entry by jamie_pete

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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

A travel blog entry by jamie_pete

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... Then I see mountains on the horizon ... eek! But any concerns I had dissolved as the route continued to undulate with not a scary climb in sight. I stopped briefly in Riom for a snack and another two litres of water before pushing on to the finish.

As I arrived on the outskirts of Clermont-F I could clearly see the towering cathedral of local black stone with its twin spires marking the heart of the city, but my Garmin insisted on ...

Getting further North now

A travel blog entry by tonyssabbatical

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... Clermont-Ferrand, and only came off it to go through Millau (we'd "done" the viaduct on a previous trip, now wanted to see the town). Arrived at Camping Municipal at Ceyrat, at 18.30 - had to phone for entry as the office shut at 6! 2396 miles, so 209 ...