Due to me having a heart attack on december the 17th our tour plans for this year had to be cancelled until i had recovered enough.
So i had an appointment to see the surgeon on may 22nd, he would tell me if i could go on holiday or not, luckily it was a yes you can go but i will need to see you in 12 months time, so that was it i got home that afternoon and booked a ferry to France and a hotel for the first night, and at 4.30 am the next day we were winging our way down to Dover to get across to France and to our first stop that was to be Troyes, a total distance from door to door of 530 miles.
It was a long day but the weather was good and the crossing was calm, we were just glad to get away and into the trip.
Troyes, first stop and what a great place to visit full of charm and character and often overlooked, it’s one of the best places in France to get a sense of what Europe looked like back when Molière was penning his finest plays and the Three Musketeers were swashbuckling, full of medieval buildings, in fact i would go as far as to say possibly more than anywhere else in France, masses of history,several unique and very worthwhile museums, one of wich has info on the templar order that was founded here in the 12th century, all in all a great place to spend a couple of days.
On the way and Troyes pics
So i had an appointment to see the surgeon on may 22nd, he would tell me if i could go on holiday or not, luckily it was a yes you can go but i will need to see you in 12 months time, so that was it i got home that afternoon and booked a ferry to France and a hotel for the first night, and at 4.30 am the next day we were winging our way down to Dover to get across to France and to our first stop that was to be Troyes, a total distance from door to door of 530 miles.
It was a long day but the weather was good and the crossing was calm, we were just glad to get away and into the trip.
Troyes, first stop and what a great place to visit full of charm and character and often overlooked, it’s one of the best places in France to get a sense of what Europe looked like back when Molière was penning his finest plays and the Three Musketeers were swashbuckling, full of medieval buildings, in fact i would go as far as to say possibly more than anywhere else in France, masses of history,several unique and very worthwhile museums, one of wich has info on the templar order that was founded here in the 12th century, all in all a great place to spend a couple of days.
On the way and Troyes pics
