Hotel de France Valence
16 boulevard General de Gaulle Valence, Rhône-Alpes, 26000 , France
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Somewhere in France - Jour 5
... d'un véritable village fantôme au Québec), nous prîmes alors la décision de reprendre la route et d'affronter le brouillard en roulant TRÈS lentement.
Heureusement, après 10 ou 15 minutes de route durant lesquelles nous devons bien avoir parcourus 600 ou 700 mètres, le brouillard se dissipa. Nous pûmes donc reprendre une vitesse de croisière normale (c'est-à-dire environ 45-50 km/h).
Après 1 heure désagréable de route (parce ...
Valence
Valence's historic old town is built on a river bank, so many of the streets are actually stairs up and down the side of a hill. Far more peaceful than Lyon, it was nice to just wander about the park and the old town and have some green time and some ...
Today, we had to wear jumpers!
... through said hole 12,000 years ago! Having climbed down 120m we were treated to a light and (loud) sound show in the caves that the children found terrifying! We found it completely unnecessary. It is a constant 11 degrees down there - hence the need for jumpers! Fortunately we got a lift back up that took nearly a minute - didn't realise how many stairs we'd gone down! (Back into the 30+ degrees - phew!)
Back to the tourist route through the ...
Day 2 exploring with Annick & Francoise
Unfortunately Stef had to return to Grenoble for work late the night before, however he had left suggestions for this day.
We started with a walk into the village, La Chapelle-en-Vercors. The local village market was on so we had a lovely stroll around looking and buying some hand made craft items for presents as well as local produce for lunch.
Stopped for a coffee before heading back and on the way passed by a another memorial dedicated to the french resistance fighters - ...
Francoise & Stef's holdiay house in the mountains
... after much taste-testing - just to be sure!!
We also stopped for meat and veges at a nearby town, Vassieux. The town has a rich history of assistance to the French Resistance was almost totally destroyed during WWII. We visited the memorial just outside the town as well.
Then we were introduced to the "holiday house" - a gorgeous old french farmhouse set in a rural scene surrounded by mountains, rustic and beautiful. We raided ...



