Retirement Odyssey
Our flight from Portland to Amsterdam took only 9.5 hours and the seats we had were fairly comfortable. We had plenty of time to make our connecting flight to Paris.
The weather was beautiful on our first day in Senlis, bright sun, blue sky, 70 degrees (see photos). Our B&B, Chambres d'Hote de Parseval is a lovely old 17th century manor house with 2 friendly dogs. We're staying on the third floor, under the eaves, windows opening onto the garden below with the village beyond. Our hosts have gone for the weekend, leaving us in the able hands of their daughter Amandine who is 20 years old, a biology student in Paris. She prepared a nice breakfast for us and our table mates, a family of 4 (2 teens) from Hamburg, on their way to a gite in La Rochelle, half way down the Atlantic coast.
The weather isn't nearly as good today, clouds, occasional rain, mid 60's. That didn't stop us from making a self guided tour mapped out by the TI. Lots of very old houses, including mansions of the 16-18th centuries. The king had a royal residence here so those with money would tag along and build their own mansions.
Driving has been going well so far as we get accustomed to our GPS. The car is a Peugeot 308 and seems to be a good choice for our needs.
We took a short drive to Chantilly today passing, but not visiting, the chateau and its remarkable water gardens!
Walked:
2.6 miles 7/20
2.9 miles 7/21
5.5 miles 7/22
Drove:
60 km 7/21-22
Our Journey Begins
July 22, 2017
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Senlis, France
Our flight from Portland to Amsterdam took only 9.5 hours and the seats we had were fairly comfortable. We had plenty of time to make our connecting flight to Paris.
The weather was beautiful on our first day in Senlis, bright sun, blue sky, 70 degrees (see photos). Our B&B, Chambres d'Hote de Parseval is a lovely old 17th century manor house with 2 friendly dogs. We're staying on the third floor, under the eaves, windows opening onto the garden below with the village beyond. Our hosts have gone for the weekend, leaving us in the able hands of their daughter Amandine who is 20 years old, a biology student in Paris. She prepared a nice breakfast for us and our table mates, a family of 4 (2 teens) from Hamburg, on their way to a gite in La Rochelle, half way down the Atlantic coast.
The weather isn't nearly as good today, clouds, occasional rain, mid 60's. That didn't stop us from making a self guided tour mapped out by the TI. Lots of very old houses, including mansions of the 16-18th centuries. The king had a royal residence here so those with money would tag along and build their own mansions.
Driving has been going well so far as we get accustomed to our GPS. The car is a Peugeot 308 and seems to be a good choice for our needs.
We took a short drive to Chantilly today passing, but not visiting, the chateau and its remarkable water gardens!
Walked:
2.6 miles 7/20
2.9 miles 7/21
5.5 miles 7/22
Drove:
60 km 7/21-22
1.
Preparation
2.
Our Journey Begins
3.
Arrival in Normandy
4.
Recalling the life of Jean d'Arc
5.
Farewell Rouen, welcome sunshine
6.
La Route des Ancienne Abbayes
7.
La Jour de Lessive
8.
Continuing west in Normandy
9.
En vacances
10.
Lazy Sunday; Dimanche en France
11.
Brittany, Bretagne, Briezh
12.
The Coast Beckons
13.
Down To the River
14.
Our First Excursion
15.
Another Excursion
16.
Westward Ho!
17.
Touring North Brittany
18.
Channel to Mountains to Atlantic
19.
Hello Birthday Girl
20.
A Change in the Air In Quimper (Kemper)
21.
On We Go!!
22.
Daytripping
23.
"Breaking News"
24.
Medieval festival
25.
Apocalypse Tapestry
26.
"Sunday" on a Tuesday
27.
Visite Guidee avec Sylvie
28.
A Visit To St Etienne
29.
Gloomy Day
30.
A Change in Roofs; Saturday Traffic
31.
Volcano Day .... Up and Away
32.
French Hill Towns of the Massif Central
33.
Je Viens a Vienne
34.
The Grandeur of Roman Vienne
35.
Vienne- continued
36.
2000+ years ago in Roman Vienne
37.
Approaching Provence
38.
The Heat Is On
39.
Vaucluse and Ventoux
40.
Baking with the Romans
41.
Cote de Rhone loop drive
42.
The Red Rocks of Roussillon
43.
Inclement Weather in the East Luberon
44.
Bright Sun in the Western Luberon
45.
Mini-Mistral; Venice of Provence
46.
A Day In the "New" Avignon
47.
An Audience With the Pope
48.
Over the Mountain to Arles
49.
Around and About Arles
50.
Ancient Arle; Coupes des Cheveux
51.
Water to Nime, Birthplace of Bluejeans
52.
Cool and Damp in the City of Denim
53.
Nime's 1st Water Source
54.
Sleeping Like a Monk
55.
Day Trip to Aix en Provence
56.
One Last Trip to the Luberon
57.
Blowing Onto the Cote d'Azur
58.
Cloudy Day on the Cote d'Azur?!?!
59.
Surf and Sun in Golfe-Juan
60.
Souffle Encore
61.
Leaving the Coast; Inland Cote d'Azur
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