The chateau we’re staying at is out in the French countryside, so it’s very different to city life. There’s no sights to see, so today was for relaxing a bit more.       We were provided with…

     Today was another travel day, so many hours were spent aboard the coach. Everyone had a big night out yesterday, so the journey was a pretty sedate affair as we all napped and recovered! Aside from the usual…

    Ah Paris, je t’aime! I’ve been to Paris so many times now but I never tire of seeing it. It’s such a beautiful city with so many iconic sights. As I’ve seen it before and therefore didn’t have…

     I think by the end of this trip I’m either going to love this coach or be sick to death of it. I knew there’d be a lot of travelling time spent on it, but knowing something and…

Cannes As with Aix, I only spent an afternoon in Cannes, whilst I was staying in Nice. It’s not a big town, and there’s a limited amount to see when the film festival isn’t on – sadly my calendar meant…

Aix-en-Provence I visited this town for an afternoon while staying in Marseille, as it’s quite small so I didn’t feel I needed much longer. This is the quintessential Provence town, small and rustic and pretty, and it helped that the…

Carcassone Carcassone is a town split into two distinct parts – La Cité and La Ville Basse. The walled town atop a hill is La Cité, but this is only a small portion of Carcassone as a whole. The day…

     So, for anyone who hasn’t been paying attention, or has never read my blog before, I’ve been studying abroad in France all year, in the Loire Valley region. However, I decided to try to see as many other…

This is my second post about the various châteaux of the Loire Valley (part 1 is here), which I’ve been visiting while studying abroad this year. Aside from Blois, the châteaux in those post are all further out in the…