Hotel George V Vichy

51 Ave. Thermale Vichy, Auvergne, France

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Bully, Beaujolais and Big Bellies

A travel blog entry by rootsandroutes

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... of, and meanings for, words we all assume to be universally and uniformly understood. More differences are discovered – ‘comforter’, ‘suspenders’, ‘hose’, ‘******’ – and new expressions, too.

Someone cracks a joke. In place of laughter, many of the Americans simply exclaim: “that’s so funny!”

With so many Anglophones on this little vineyard, very little French is ...

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

A travel blog entry by thehamptons

... with large Brit Camper! Hmmm

The pissoir is still in place, along with the bar and a very pretty little village. Himself wants lunch but it twas only 10.30 again!

Moved on, we were hoping to stay in Anse and after trip to supermarket went to check out site – not our thing at all- very industrial and full of kids/pools/and activities! Himself said he wouldn’t mind a bit o driving and herself said as long as they ...

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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... the square scoffing and watching the world go by. A old chap chatted with me for a bit and of course mentioned the weather: "il fait chaud", he said, and he was right, as the day got hotter and hotter.

Change of tactics today as I was riding on the D2009, a major route downgraded from the N9. I figured that being a weekend I wouldn't see too many big trucks. And the plan worked well because I was on a smooth surface and travelling ...

Getting further North now

A travel blog entry by tonyssabbatical

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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 ...