Nantes to Paris took us 5 hours of driving and despite the drizzly conditions, we made good time arriving mid afternoon. Found our AirB&B without any trouble and all the entry instructions worked like a charm….until we got to the … Continue reading →

First stop Candes-Saint-Martin, one of the French ‘beau villages’, and at the confluence of the Vienne and Loire rivers. Lovely colourful mudflats too! Checked out the church, whose statues all had their heads removed (maybe during the French Revolution?). Evidence … Continue reading →

We decided our only real stop today would be at the Chateau de Angers. It’s situated on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Maine river, and was occupied in turn by Neolithic man, Gauls and Romans. Cradle of the Plantagenet dynasty, … Continue reading →