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 […]
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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 […]
Beautiful Edinburgh and the Wild Scottish Highlands
We’ve been in Edinburgh for the last month. We came here for the month long Fringe Festival which has comedians and other acts perform all over the city. We spent the first two weeks taking it easy and seeing a couple of shows each night or some sightseeing. I even joined the local pool and […]
Stone Age, to Romans, to the Middle Ages and Victorian Times
For this leg of our trip we visited south-western England and saw things from different eras with the oldest being Stonehenge. The monument is about 4000 years old and, not surprisingly, VERY popular. Back in Victorian times (about 150 years ago) they used to think that Stonehenge was one of the few buildings that survived […]
