Gites Roche Colombe Soyons
Chemin de la Tour., Drome Soyons, Rhône-Alpes, 26400, France
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Somewhere in France - Jour 5
... nuit avant de poursuivre notre route lorsque le jour se lèvera et que le brouillard sera dissipé.
Toutefois, il semble que non pas 1, ni 2, mais bien les 3 hôtels du village sont fermés pour l'hiver (de octobre à mars). Étant donné que le village semble totalement abandonné et que nous n'avons pas envie de dormir dans la voiture dans un village qui répond mieux à la définition de "village fantôme" que Val-Jalbert (pour les incultes, il ...
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
... for the day. First stop en route was a gorgeous little town called Saint Hilaire de Royan. The roads were very narrow and parking very limited but after finding a spot we walked back to enjoy the town.
Built over a river, there were houses seemingly hanging off the cliff. Check out the long drops! It was very picturesque. We did get caught in a bit of rain there, but it cleared up after a while. A local lad was trout fishing in the river as we walked around.
The next stop ...
Francoise & Stef's holdiay house in the mountains
... was getting chilly so the boys lit up the wood stove while the girls prepared dinner. More fun and laughs (and french lessons) over dinner. And much more laughter doing the dishes .... Francoise's jokes and stories had me in stitches!!
And our french was improving... it didn't take much!
Later that night we all put an entry in the visitors book at the house... I think Rich wrote more than an A4 page, so we certainly left our mark!
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