Tag: europe

  • Nîmes

    Nîmes

    Our first day in France we spent in Nîmes. We caught a local bus from the hotel into town. There was some disagreement on what we could or could not buy in terms of tickets from the driver, so this ended up costing us nothing.

  • Getting to Nimes

    Getting to Nimes

    Since visiting Paris for the first time in 2009 I haven’t been much of a fan. I enjoyed a lot of it, the museums mainly, but there was a lot that didn’t enjoy. When I went back in 2015 I was determined to like it, but Paris fought back, and I figured I didn’t need…

  • Lausanne to Lamoura

    Lausanne to Lamoura

    Tour de France – Stage 8 – 2017 A couple of years ago I was fortunate to be in the same country as The Tour de France at the same time. We were in Belgium, staying a short train ride away from where the race would wind through a small town and up a decent…

  • Andorra

    Andorra

    This trip to Europe like the last ones started with a conversation with dad along the lines of: “Tim, I’m going to a conference in <European Country> in about 12 months, mum is going to come, would you like to go to Europe as well?”“Sure, can we also go to <small European country / principality…

  • Switzerland, Day 2 – Jungfrau

    Switzerland, Day 2 – Jungfrau

    Our second day in Switzerland started quite early. We had booked on the train to travel to Jungfrau the highest train station in Europe, up in the alps. The tickets we bought meant we had to head up early in the morning, and head back well before the last train. We drove the car down…