Originally Posted by caretaker (Post 11628298)

Find Novo and eat him out of house and home.

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 11628587)

Bring your own bottle.

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 11628587)

Funnily enough I was about to suggest the same.

BristolUk would be welcome to spend time with us in Normandy in our location very close indeed to the fascinating history of the landing beaches and the Battle of Normandy, the Marais de Cotentin, the medieval city of Bayeux with its glorious cathedral, it's bustling saturday market, its porcelain and its lace.

Easily accessible from Paris (or the channel ferry ports at Cherbourg or Caen) by train.

Bring your own bottle.

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 11628587)

Funnily enough I was about to suggest the same.

BristolUk would be welcome to spend time with us in Normandy in our location very close indeed to the fascinating history of the landing beaches and the Battle of Normandy, the Marais de Cotentin, the medieval city of Bayeux with its glorious cathedral, it's bustling saturday market, its porcelain and its lace.

Easily accessible from Paris (or the channel ferry ports at Cherbourg or Caen) by train.

Bring your own bottle.

Originally Posted by HGerchikov (Post 11628619)

If you are planning on using the budget airlines, bear in mind that in can cost twice as much to check a suitcase as it does to buy a seat..

Originally Posted by HGerchikov (Post 11628621)

Can we all come?

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 11628339)

That was in the Groceries thread - bizarre as that sounds ;)



That sort of thing probably needs a road trip though.

I had a stop in Colmar once. That was a lovely place.

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 11627734)

Suppose you had two weeks to play with. October or May maybe.

You land at Paris where you'll spend a few days. It's a great introduction to Europe for someone who has never left Canada.

You return from Nice where they have the opportunity to see the Mediterranean, visit Monaco and maybe Cannes and enjoy some sunshine.

Now, if you could use a week somewhere in between, where would you go? And how would you travel via those places between Paris and Nice? No driving by car.

Geneva? Venice?

Nothing too hectic, maybe one or two stops. There appear to be some cheap flights about involving Venice but then it would be nice to see some scenery. Any train journeys recommended (or combination) that might end up in easy reach of Nice?

Genoa looks nice but maybe not different enough from Nice and Monaco?

Originally Posted by dishwashing (Post 11628670)

...(watch out for pickpockets and keep your goods in deep pockets or strapped safely) :cool:

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 11628760)

About Geneva...I was looking at hotels there and they seem a fair bit more expensive than Nice and Paris, unless you're a bit out of town.

15 minutes away on the Train is Nyon which looks nice enough, is still on the lake and I'm seeing hotels there for a third of the cost.

Might even get a lake view. The lake cruise includes Nyon too.


It would seem a rather obvious base rather than Geneva itself.

Any reason why not?
Uui
I just tried popping over to the Switzerland forum. There isn't one. :blink:

Originally Posted by bats (Post 11628786)

I thought Geneva was fairly boring. Pretty enough but sterile....

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 11628805)

I'm certainly siding towards Nyon. Sounds like a scenic train ride to Geneva and, of course, we can recreate The Champions pose
https://dailypop.files.wordpress.com...-champions.jpg


I was just seeing a few reports on that :)