We awoke to sunshine but it was only 2c, with a top of 13!! We’d traveled south before coming north in hopes it would be warmer, although I suppose it is warmer now than a month ago, at least the sun was shining.
We headed to the Les Halles, Paul Bocuse market, we had a walk around, a lovely indoor market with a mix of stalls selling fresh items & stalls with tables & chairs for the cooked items. We purchased some pate en croute- Les Halles, we only wanted two slices, as it was quite near the end the lady gave us the rest “as a gift”, some beautifully ripe Brie, small cherry Roma tomatoes, bananas, haricot beans & bread, it was a heavy rye loaf & was purchased by the kg, we brought a 1/4 of a loaf. All was delicious, especially the cheese. Australian Brie & even imported French Brie just isn’t the same in Australia. We came home & I worked on editing our South African diary. We had lunch & I continued my editing whilst Richard listened to the football, Eagles V Dockers, the Eagles won. Richmond beat Port, in Adelaide, an unexpected result as we had our captain, two VC’s, Dusty & two other premiereship players out, our good run with injuries has ended, it has meant the younger cubs are getting games & they played really well today.
We then headed to Carrefore, I had wanted to go to Galleries La Fayette but the shopping centre was really busy. We’ve purchased for today & tomorrow.
There’s lots of overflowing bins in the streets of Lyon due to a three week old dispute with the refuse collectors. It does smell, but would be much worse if it was warmer.
Julie Elvidge
87 chapters
16 Apr 2020
April 13, 2019
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Saturday
We awoke to sunshine but it was only 2c, with a top of 13!! We’d traveled south before coming north in hopes it would be warmer, although I suppose it is warmer now than a month ago, at least the sun was shining.
We headed to the Les Halles, Paul Bocuse market, we had a walk around, a lovely indoor market with a mix of stalls selling fresh items & stalls with tables & chairs for the cooked items. We purchased some pate en croute- Les Halles, we only wanted two slices, as it was quite near the end the lady gave us the rest “as a gift”, some beautifully ripe Brie, small cherry Roma tomatoes, bananas, haricot beans & bread, it was a heavy rye loaf & was purchased by the kg, we brought a 1/4 of a loaf. All was delicious, especially the cheese. Australian Brie & even imported French Brie just isn’t the same in Australia. We came home & I worked on editing our South African diary. We had lunch & I continued my editing whilst Richard listened to the football, Eagles V Dockers, the Eagles won. Richmond beat Port, in Adelaide, an unexpected result as we had our captain, two VC’s, Dusty & two other premiereship players out, our good run with injuries has ended, it has meant the younger cubs are getting games & they played really well today.
We then headed to Carrefore, I had wanted to go to Galleries La Fayette but the shopping centre was really busy. We’ve purchased for today & tomorrow.
There’s lots of overflowing bins in the streets of Lyon due to a three week old dispute with the refuse collectors. It does smell, but would be much worse if it was warmer.
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Africa to Europe
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
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Lisbon
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Obrigado Lisbon, Ola Seville
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Seville
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Seville
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Seville
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Seville to Granada
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Granada
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Granada
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Granada to Murcia
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Murcia
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Murcia
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Murcia
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Murcia (day trip to Cartagena)
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Murcia
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Murcia
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Murcia to Barcelona
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Barcelona
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Barcelona
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Barcelona
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Barcelona
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Gràcia Barcelona, bonjour Toulouse
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Toulouse
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Toulouse
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Toulouse
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Toulouse to Nice
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Nice
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Nice (day trip to Monaco)
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Nice
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Nice to Lyon
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Lyon
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Lyon
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Lyon
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Lyon
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Lyon to Dijon
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Dijon
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Dijon
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Dijon
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Dijon
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Dijon
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Dijon to Strasbourg
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Strasbourg
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Strasbourg
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Strasbourg (day trip Alsace)
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Strasbourg
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Strasbourg (lunch in Germany)
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Strasbourg to Caen
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Caen
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Caen
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Caen (day trip to Bayeux)
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Caen to Lille
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Lille
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Lille
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Lille
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Merci Lille, Hallo Oostende
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Oostende
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Oostende (day trip to Brugge)
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Oostende
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Dank u Oostende, hallo Amsterdam
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Amsterdam
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Amsterdam
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Bedankt Amsterdam, hello North Sea
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Howay Newcastle & Hexham
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Hexham
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Hexham
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Hexham
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Hexham
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Hexham
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Hexham to Northwich
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Northwich, Saltfleetby, Sheffield, Northwich, Windsor, Clifton, Northwich.
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Northwich to Dublin
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Dublin
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Dublin to Fermoy
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Fermoy & Cobh
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Fermoy to Farmers Bridge
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Farmers Bridge
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Farmers Bridge (day trip to Dingle Peninsula)
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Farmers Bridge to Kinvara
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Kinvara (day trip to the Cliffs of Moher)
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Kinvara to Dublin
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Dublin to Holyhead
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Northwich, Hexham, Hartlepool, Durham, Louth, Hexham.
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Grand Final 2019
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