After leaving Paris, we headed south through Burgundy and then east into the French Alps. Our Pentax MX 35mm SLR once again captured some special moments along the way. Beaune, Marche aux Vins (wine cave tour) Beaune, Hotel Dieu Train ride from Beaune Annecy, Café des Ducs Annecy Annecy Annecy Chamonix, Plan de l’Aiguille (7,602 … Continue reading
Film photography is one of our favorite hobbies – we both prefer the look and feel of film over digital. There’s something special, more real, and in-the-moment about film that digital just doesn’t capture. We lugged around a Pentax MX 35mm SLR film camera during our 3 week adventure through France and snapped away 5 rolls, in … Continue reading
To complete our full loop of France, we returned to Paris for 2 final nights. We caught the evening train from St. Malo to Rennes, then boarded the TGV and raced towards the big city through the dark countryside. We arrived at the Montparnasse station and took a few minutes to get our bearings before … Continue reading
Lets jump right back into recapping our June 2012 France travelogue – we last left off in St. Malo in Brittany. Shaun was busy with his work conference, so I took a solo day trip to Mont St. Michel, a famous island abbey within the Normandy region. I caught the morning bus from St. Malo … Continue reading
It was about 3 hours from Nantes to St. Malo on the rail. Since we had flown from Nice to Nantes one day prior, we had missed out on the views from the train moving from the south of France up to the northwest. This three hour train ride passed through agricultural lands, fields, and some forests. … Continue reading
Catching a domestic flight from Nice was easy. By this point in the trip, the French words for “exit”, “ticket”, and “line” were second nature. We printed our boarding passes online, checked our bags (which were now bulging at the seams with souvenirs and gifts), didn’t have to remove our shoes for security, and boarded … Continue reading
After 2 nights in Antibes, we headed for a short 15-20 minute train ride to Nice. We attempted to bus to our hotel – but with our luck, the bus we took had either broke down or stopped service after only a couple minutes. We couldn’t understand the bus driver’s announcement, and many other people … Continue reading
Days 12-14: After an amazing 2 days in Avignon (our favorite stop on the entire trip), we had a lengthy train ride to Antibes. Passing through the hills of Provence and nearing the Mediterranean Sea, we finally glimpsed the ocean within the last 30 minutes of the train ride. Off the train, we were headed … Continue reading
Obviously it’s been quite some time since Jen and I returned from our trip to France. A lot has happened since then – big projects at work, other trips, Jen’s school, and a ton of house stuff that is sure to be discussed in our future posts. In an attempt to wrap up our 3 … Continue reading
Day 9 of FRANCE TRIP 2012: We had a long travel day from Chamonix to Lyon (5 hours on several trains). Once we finally arrived in Lyon, we lugged our bags to our next hotel. We had found Hotel Le Boulevardier in both Rick Steves and Lonely Planet’s “France” travel guides – a 2 star, … Continue reading
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