Author Archives: tbeartravels

SATURDAY 15TH DECEMBER 2012. LE COLLET-DE-DEZE to CHASSERADES My day started with cooking porridge at the back of the car. I decided to do so as it was a cold morning and continental breakfasts are not real warming or sustaining.  … Continue reading →

FRIDAY 14TH DECEMBER 2012. First thing today we visited the walled town of Beaucaire (across the River Rhone from Tarascon) and after yet again another mind-numbing old town experience we headed northwest to the Robert Louis Stevenson trail in the … Continue reading →

THURSDAY 13TH DECEMBER 2012.  Today was cold with blustery winds and rain, just the sort of day to be curled up with a book in front of an open fire.  However, because of limited time, we have to go out … Continue reading →

WEDNESDAY 12TH DECEMBER 2012. TARASCON AND SAINTES-MARIE-DE-LA-MER Taking the chill factor into consideration when we ventured out this morning  it felt like minus five degrees.   We both thought it would have been a little warmer in these parts but not … Continue reading →

Apologies to readers: There has been a gap between the last posting and this one as we have been on the move and unable to access the internet.  However now we are in a stop mode we will have more … Continue reading →

SUNDAY 25TH NOVEMBER 2012.  ST GALLEN Susanne was our reason for visiting St Gallen. The circumstances leading up to how we met Susanne are interesting.  In 1985 our pottery workshop was in full swing and at one stage our business … Continue reading →

DAY TRIP TO AUGSBURG, BAVARIA The trip to Augsburg by coach was organised by Austrian friends of Thomas. Fortunately we had the whole day to look about so first we walked around the old town and then visited the Augsburger … Continue reading →

MUNICH TO  REBSTEIN (in the Rhine valley) SATURDAY 17TH NOVEMBER FROM MUNICH This is not our first visit to Switzerland. My first was in 1970 when driving overland and Bev and I also spent time here in 1973 and again … Continue reading →

MUNICH PART 2 Munich has the ability to suck you in, not only because of its modernity and dynamics but also because of its past history.  Past history involves stories about its founders and the movers and shakers of centuries … Continue reading →

SATURDAY 10TH  NOVEMBER 2012. TRIESTE TO MUNICH The train left Trieste at 9-30am so we had time to buy some makings for lunch. We will be train bound until 5-30pm, our estimated arrival time in Munich. I managed to do … Continue reading →