I spent a little time wandering around the shops in Beauvais, partly an excuse to get out of the wind and rain. Nothing really took
Month: March 2012
Cathédral Saint Pierre, Beauvais
To break up an alternately windy and showery day I stopped off at Beauvais, a town about 80kms north of Paris. According to my guide
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Why Apple Won’t Replace the 30-pin Dock Connector on iPhone/iPad – They’ll Lose It
>An updated “micro dock†would make room for bigger batteries, 4G radios, and other components far more important to the iPhone and iPad in a
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Château of Chambord, Loire Valley
Today was Chambord’s turn to continue the tour of the châteaux of the Loire Valley. As I was in Blois I took a quick walk
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The Château of Chenonceau, Loire Valley
Second stop of the day was the Château of Chenonceau, in the Loire Valley but built across the River Cher which flows parallel only a
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The Château and Gardens of Villandry, Loire Valley
A perfectly restful nights sleep and waking to a cold and misty morning. The run of perfect weather since November now looks to have come
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Monsieur Gourmand Strikes Again
I decided to stop the night outside the Chateau Villandry, which I intend to visit in the morning. The hotel next door were doing a
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The Village of the Dead – Oradour-sur-Glane
A pleasant stop for coffee and a wander around a traditional French market in the town of Brantôme this morning (apparently known as ‘the Venice
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Ce Soir Gastronomique en Périgueux
I decided that tonight would be a gastronomic treat. Th e region of Perigord is renowned for its use of Duck and Goose in its
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Medieval Sarlat-la-Canéda in the Dordogne
The old town of Sarlat is stuffed full of medieval buildings, and it was an opportunity to empty the waste tanks on the spaceship and
