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Long silence
Apologies for the long silence, been so busy since May with one thing and another. We did manage to get another holiday though. We returned to the Loire Valley for two weeks in early August. We found an excellent gite, Le Moulin de Maulne, near to Château La Vallière. It was about an hour from Angers and Le Mans and about 30 minutes from both Saumur and Tours.
The weather was great, nice and hot and we managed to get through all the books we’d stockpiled as well as a lot of the local wines. Sightseeing took a back seat as we went primarily for a break after a difficult few months but we did manage to visit the gardens at Villandry, Saumur, Angers, Le Lude, La Fleche, Langeais (excellent Sunday Market), the zoo at Doue, the Abbaye de Fontrevaud and the 24 Heures de Le Mans museum.
Nostalgia time!
We’re just back from a nostalgic trip to Paderborn-Sennelager. This is where we lived for a while whilst working in Germany.
Travelling again
Half-term we’re off to Paderborn for a few days. The first time back for several years and we plan to visit all the old haunts (assuming they are still there!); Maurizio’s, Akropolis, Deutsches Haus, Finke, Klingenthal, Kump, Bad Lippspringe, Sennelager, Schloss Neuhaus, Padersee etc etc. Looking forward to a Zigeuner Schnitzel too. We will be staying at the Ibis on the Paderwall, cheap and cheerful but handy for walking into the town centre.
Lodge Neuhaus (my mother Lodge) isn’t meeting when we are there which is a shame as I haven’t attended a meeting of the Lodge since 2000.
Photos coming on our return!
Loire Valley 2008
Our only real holiday in 2008 due to pressures of work. We decided we wanted a relaxing holiday so booked a gite near to Doue-La-Fontaine in the Loire Valley. The gite was a lovely old farmhouse with a private pool and the weather was great. Our first visit to this area and I doubt it will be our last.
Interlaken 2007
Our first vist to Interlaken for 11 years. We flew into Geneva and trained it to Interlaken for a week late in August 2007. We stayed in the Hotel Rossli, a small family run hotel that we had last used in August 1995. We can still recommend the hotel, it’s within easy walking distance of the Hoheweg and Interlaken West station. Interlaken has changed a lot and not all of it for the better, there are too many ‘chains’ present on the Hoheweg with McDonalds, Tchibo and others forcing out the traditional Swiss restaurants and cafes. The scenery is still as stunning as ever……….
