Tagged With "Brittany"

It's amazing to see that nature can be predicted. We can prepare for it and enjoy its wonder.

The buses ,like Megabus ,sometimes use the ferries as well and it's a great way to break up a bus trip. They make you disembark the bus for safety reasons while the ferry is moving and you can watch the view and get something to eat.

A timely post, PHeymont. Trying to simplify a proposed trip to the UK and Portugal, and also slip in a bit of Spain along the way, I'm seriously considering the ferries from the south coast of England to Bilbao & environs, then train down to Portugal. I'm sure it will save me money, as opposed to trains, using the ferries, most of which I wasn't aware of until I took a good look at the broken lines showing ferry routes on Google maps.

Paul Hunter shares some brilliant images of Jersey, one of the Channel Islands between England and France.

Despite some cancellations, there's lots to do all over France in August, while most of France is on annual vacation.

Travel writer Nick Trend, in the Telegraph (UK) reminds readers that while air and Eurostar have become the most popular way for Brits to visit Europe, the ferries are still there and for good reasons.  

Last year, France regrouped its local government borders to create regions and eliminate extra layers of government; a recent survey and recent statistics have picked the winners and losers.  

With August and the traditional French exodus to the beach just ahead, visitors might wonder just what there is to do in Paris, or in France generally.

Last Saturday's "super-tide" at Mont-Saint-Michel, the island monument just off the coast at the border of Normandy and Brittany, drew over 30,000 spectators from all over the world, anxious to see the storied island as it seldom is...completely surrounded by water.