On Saturday we headed east, with a 2+ hour drive across some extremely winding roads (no expensive motorway this time!). It's a beautiful...

Limoges is the second largest city in Nouvelle Acquitaine (after Bordeaux), and its old town quarter features half-timbered buildings...

(Warning: contains details of an extremely brutal incident in WW2) Just to the west of Limoges lie two villages bearing the name...

After visiting Rocamadour, we arrived on Tuesday evening at our second gîte of the trip, in Le Grand-Bourg, a small town in the...

Nestled in a gorge in the Lot region of central France (around an hour south of Brive) is the spectacular village of Rocamadour. Built...

After our rainy weekend in Bordeaux we head towards the town of Brive for one night, with a stop-off on the way at the famous Lascaux...

The remnants of Storm Ciaran sweep in from the Atlantic, covering the city in persistent rain until 3pm on the day of our arrival....

Our first extended stay is in the region around the Tarn river in Aveyron, around 2 hrs north of Carcassonne. Our 'gite' apartment is in...

On Monday morning we left Carcassonne and headed towards our first "gîte", where we would be staying for 5 nights. With some rainy...

There are effectively two cities in Carcassonne: the medieval citadel known as 'La Cite', and the more modern 'Lower Town'. We spend our...

The second day in San Sebastián was nice and sunny. We continued our exploration of the old town (and the Pintxos!) as well as walking...

On our first night in Spain, we enjoy an evening stroll around the San Sebastián old town, stopping intermittently for pintxos and wine....

The day is finally here! We board the Salamanca ferry at Rosslare, bound for Bilbao in northern Spain. Accommodations are more than...