Kyriad Montargis Amilly
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A house, a cyclops and the arm of Saint Blaise
Milly la Foret is a fabulous little town with plenty to attract those of us searching out the bizarre.
Our first stop was La Maison de Jean Cocteau. This French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker lived here for the last 17 …
If the French can do it, so can I!
... sure loire.
We had a fab time, seeing all kinds of villages and getting very confident with driving the van. David has decided that he does not want to drive the van in the dark, so I ended up with the final charge - to find the campsite SHUT.............
So what would the French do?
Find a car park and settle down! So that's what we did. We went to the next town along which ...
Chateau de Fontainebleau
... and wasn't really supposed to be seen, at least not by those who admire the manicured and pretty gardens.
We decided not to visit the inside of the palace as there were school kids everywhere in the waiting areas and thought it too noisy, so we went out, walked around another garden and then we'd had enough, so we got in the car and travelled to the other end of the garden, where we found a park and went to the ...
A visit to a cycling mecca
... there's a famous cycling race held in April each year called the Paris-Roubaix which takes in significant stretches of cobblestone (or pave) roads and finishes in Roubaix in the velodrome. The visit wasn't without its challenges. We caught a train from Lille to Roubaix (a mere 10 minute ride on the fast-speed country train), then a local bus to the velodrome. We were pleased to find when we arrived that the gates were open and we could walk in ...
La Fabuloserie: you will never be the same...
La Fabuloserie is like a curiosity shop. Alain Bourbonnais said of his collection "It's a temple of dreams, imagination and emotion. You will never be the same when you have visited the Fabuloserie". I think I agree with him.
Alain Bourbonnais was a larger than life character. Here in Dicy in the early 1970s he was restoring an old farmhouse ...