Grenoble – the city in the middle of the French Alps in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. We explore the old town and the directly adjacent hill of...

Particularly special for us is the location of Avignon, situated directly on the Rohne River. This is a sure sign that our homeland, Switzerland,...

In Nîmes we only make a short stopover on the way to our actual next destination Avignon. We are quickly positively surprised by Nîmes. The...

Coming from the Pyrenees, we orient ourselves again on the Mediterranean coast to continue northward. Near Narbonne there are impressive large...

After the already very southern experience at the Dune du Pilat, we quickly move on to the southern border region of France to Spain. We have chosen...

After much history and architecture in Bordeaux and Saint-Émilion, our next stop is so very different. It's about a curious freak of nature, or more...

Continuing our journey through France, roughly along the Atlantic coasts to the south, we include another pretty village in our route:...

For a change, in Bordeaux we treat ourselves once again to a campsite for a few days. So, we can do the postponed housework in the van again. Yes,...

After a day of travel and driving from Dinan to Nantes - we slept about 20km outside of Nantes on a former campground by a lake, wonderfully...

Dinan is where we stop next. It's another historic Brittany town with impressive buildings and alleys and a well-preserved city wall. There are some...

After Le Mont-Saint-Michel we continue to Saint-Malo. The city is not another mountain in the sea, but a peninsula located directly on the French...

Already from far away a distant, prominent peak appears above the sea. We arrive at dusk near Le Mont-Saint-Michel and can just make out the outline...

After our arrival in Dieppe and a quiet night somewhere between Dieppe and Étretat, we set out to explore the cliffs of Étretat. They are close to...