Mont Saint Michel is one of France’s most visited sights, and after seeing pictures of the fortified monastery it’s easy to see why. It’s built on a tiny outcrop of rocky land in the middle of a shallow muddy bay, so everything for miles around is flat but the island sticks straight up so that […]
Archives for September 2016
Normandy: The Land of Delicious
After our trip to The Fat Duck we were worried that any food we had afterwards wouldn’t be up to scratch and that we’d be forever disappointed. It was true for some of our meals as we were forced to have salads from the supermarket a few times. (If you’re in France on a Sunday, almost […]
The Fat Duck Experience
We finally made it to the Fat Duck restaurant. After spending many years watching Heston Blumenthal’s shows on TV and having him pop up on Master Chef on a regular basis, we finally got to taste and experience it for real. And it did not disappoint. For those of you who aren’t interested in […]
