After a nice breakfast at the Hotel Bayeux we took a walk in the town and then headed for Fougere. The Château de Fougères is one of Europe’s largest medieval fortresses, Pauline was keen to visit so we stopped there on the way back home. We were glad we did, well worth a visit. Nice…

Last weekend on the Sunday we biked along the canal to Saint-Gobrien which is a tiny little village with an 11th century church which is slowly being restored. This week we’ve mostly been doing admin things like getting french sim cards, hiring a carpet cleaner and cleaning the carpets so this weekend we thought we’d…

This morning we went to the market, then after lunch drove to Auray and bought the correct length curtains at a bricolage there, then headed to the port of Saint-Goustan where incidentally Benjamin Franklin arrived on 3 December 1776 at the beginning of the US war of independence to seek military aid from Louis XVI. Its a…

The house is heated with a number of ancient radiators and a large boiler which was installed not long before we bought the house but it’s quite a quirky thing and has given us endless fun over the years, not least because Monsieur Dany the man who maintained it for us was such a nice…

We stayed the night in Rennes at a nice little old fashioned hotel and picked up the car the next day. It turned out to be a Polestar which is a very nice car indeed but maybe a bit larger than you’d like for small french villages. It just fits in the garage with all…

We got up at 6:30am which is not our favorite time of day I have to say, walked to the station and jumped on the airport express train to Incheon airport. Plane was delayed two hours so we mooched about and had some toasted ham and tomato sandwiches for lunch which turned out to be…

It’s an interesting place Seoul. Quite a contrast of old and new. Parts of it reminded me of Singapore back in the ’80s, little shops in ramshackle buildings, rumpety motorcycles and scooters carrying improbable loads. It’s a very wealthy country but there’s clearly a way to go yet for some of them. Great place though,…

We had a very full on day yesterday getting the boat to Busan which took six hours, then the fast train to Seoul. We left about 10 in the morning and got to our hotel about 10:45 in the pm.

It’s great to have some clean clothes. We had a relaxed morning then in the afternoon since the weather was so nice, thirteen degrees, we got an uber to Ōhori park which is a big park in the middle of the city, nice place for a walk and admire the ducks and etc.

(From wikipedia:) “Fukuoka (Japanese: 福岡市, Fukuoka-shi, [ɸɯ̥kɯokaꜜɕi] ⓘ) is the sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. The area has long been considered the gateway to the country, as it is the nearest point among Japan’s main islands to the…