Cancale is a little coastal town, that is famous – very famous – for it’s oysters. Along the coast line, there are these really old chateaus with fantastic sea-views. Property with a view is always a good selling point… [MORE...]

Bretagne! The Bretons who live in Bretagne (or Brittany) are a Celtic culture, and speak a Celtic language “Breton” similar to Welsh or Cornish or Gaelic. And, the little village in Gaul that was made famous by the Asterix series, was of course in what is now Bretagne. [MORE...]

Le Mont Saint Michel – a fairy tale Abbey town on a rocky island mount.  In the 8th century, the St Michael the Archangel repeatedly told his contractor (St Aubert – Bishop of Avranches), to build church on the rocky island mount. Like most contractors, this was ignored [MORE...]

Well! We knew the image of the old Art Nouveau poster, but didn’t realise that it was a real town! [MORE...]

Well, time for a rerun. This is a post from our time in Misrata, Libya… I don’t think you can buy these in Misrata at the moment. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.

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