Saumur Travel Blogs

It's never a good thing to start a trip when it's sunny and hot! Worse, it's a weekend and the city is asleep. That, is sadly what happened to me in Saumur. Most travel books have already given this a 2nd citizen status, with the "if you have time and you're returning from Angers, then do…

So we get back to Tours, get our luggage, and tickets to go to Savonnieres, the closest stop to Villandry, which is where we're staying for the night.  So we get on that train, only to discover that we don't seem to be stopping at all.  Yeah, so not only do we think we might be on a non s…

A lovely journey to La Rochelle, Dinan, Saint Malo and the Loira castles

Leaving Lougratte and heading by car, courtesy of my host Juliet. We head off to Bergerac Centre Ville (Centrum, Town Centre) just 45 minutes drive (and only 25 minutes from Bergerac Airport) away for the 11.31 train to Libourne, where I have to change trains to Saint Piere de C…

Desde que fui un pequenio molestin siempre me gustaron los tanques de guerra, supongo que yo los veo como la continuacion o los herederos de la tradicion de la caballeros medievales (otra de mis pasiones). Con esa pasion siempre coleccione todas las cosas relacionadas con tanques, y entre las …