A return to France
Two years ago we visited Cancale after our wedding in Sweden – and now we are back. After a few days in Bourgogne and the Loire valley we reached Bretagne today and savoured a Galette Normande with a cup of real French cidre, sitting at a small restaurent just off the quay. Not bad, rather the opposite.
We are enjoying France immensely and I never thought that I would get so hooked on burgundy wines! Well, I guess it is never too late to learn and after having visited a few vineyards in the area around Beaune I am utterly impressed.
We have had many curious neighbours at the campsites in Europe – but the contrast to the spontaneity we experienced in South Africa is striking. People (bar the French and the Brits) get quite embarrassed when we greet them instead of ignoring their stares. Well, today the experience was quite the opposite, a Land Rover pulled in and three minutes later its owner and his friend were at our spot chatting about the trip, the car and the technical challenges. A Land Rover is in deed an icebreaker.
Some of you might wonder what we are doing in France and why we are not on our way to Finland and Norwaywell I guess that was the original plan. But we are slowly running out of time and we dearly like this part of Europe, we have friends in Normandy, the food is great and so is the wine and the peopleso to answer the question what we are doing here, the answer is simple: because we can!
The next few days will take us to Normandy, through the Benelux-countries, Denmark and Norway. Sometimes mid-August we hope to reach the North Cape. If not before – we’ll hope to be in touch by then.
