L'Auberge du XIIe Siecle
Travel Blogs from Sache
Eleanor of Acquitane
... at different parts of the castle covering different events,
as well as the brochure having a chip which when held against certain
signs in the castle provided commentary. This castle was also very
important in the growth of the Knight Templar and their difficult
relationship with the always cash strapped Kings of France.
The Grand Master of the Templars was imprisoned here and Henry II and his son King John ( the bad bloke of Robyn Hood fame) died in this castle.
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My first travel blog!
... my accent needs some work..... luckily the other waitress understood me. so one pasta carbonara later i walk in to the tourist office again and book the 'otel (you have to say it without the "h", then you can get in the mood and imagine you are in france with me!). the otel is a great place, good value and it has a garage for the bike, a bike stand (one for fixing the bike on) some tools, some oil and a cloth. its great. i practised some ...
Tours, Loire Vally
... here using sign language and asked how far away was Tours. The friendly non-English speaking waiter held up his flingers showing a very petite distance. We then lined up in the local rail office to work out how we would get to Tours from St Pierre. Luckily the young woman behind us in the queue spoke English and said it was too far for a taxi and the best option was to take the next train (a low speed train) ...
Le démontage du vélo... pour les nuls!
... u. Et comme dit un proverbe néo-zélandais bien connu : "Pédales de traviole, surprises pour les guiboles"!!!
Et ça n'a pas raté : lors d'une sortie, me mettre en danseuse à été fatal (c'est comme d'oublier le Cantal, n'est ce pas Chantal!) puisque l'une des pédales à lâchée. Une réparation rapide, faite d'un bourrinage tout en finesse pour remonter les pédales a tenu le coup jusqu'ici. Mais voilà, au moment de démonter les pédales pour charger le ...
Soirée de départ!
... relisez l'article précédent en attendant le prochain!!!
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