Posted June 23, 2014
Do you like Camembert cheese, or fresh croissants and lattes? We do!! Where better to taste these delicacies than on French soil. We are packing up the clan and heading to Europe. All five of us (yes we are leaving the cats at home), are heading to France to immerse ourselves in French culture, food and language.
The first leg of our journey begins on the West side of France in the Brittany region. We are spending six days on bicycles, covering 185 total kilometres. We will carry everything we need on our bikes, heading to a new hotel each day. It will be exciting to see the countryside from the bike perspective – although by day five our butts may have something else to say about this!
After our bike journey we will stay in the West. Our day treks will include Juno beach, Castles, Cathedral of Notre Dame du Puy, the beach, cafes and creperies. We will tour the local areas and enjoy the local markets and cuisine.
From the West we will drive East right across the country to the Grenoble region. This area is at the foothills of the Alps. We have rented a chalet for our base and we start our mountain adventure with Bastille Day celebrations (equivalent to Canada Day). As luck would have it, the Tour de France takes place at the exact time we are visiting; double our luck as the tour actually passes by our chalet!! We plan on hiking the area as well as taking a trip to the old (250 yrs) Chartreuse distillery.
The last few days of our trip will be spent in Paris. We know we cannot possibly cover the entire city but we will visit the Louvre and take in some local treats. The apartment we have rented looks down the street at the Eiffel tower – so exciting.
We hope you will take this journey with us and follow our adventure as we post pictures and commentary online. I can’t decide if JM or the kids are more excited but jump aboard as we fly, train, bike, trek and drive through FRANCE!
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