France

Langres has been a real treat. It well deserves its ranking in the fifty most beautiful cities in France. It is our favorite city so ... Read More

Gordon - As we have crossed northern France we have noticed significant changes in the architecture of houses and public edifices. Some of this is ... Read More

What a perfect day! This morning we left Champlitte to connect the dots between beautiful villages strung out along the gorgeous Salon valley. It rained ... Read More

"Madam, voulez vous regarder l'eglise?" she asked with a huge hopeful smile on her face. When I responded positively she ran home to fetch the ... Read More

Ok things are getting hilly! Lots of climbing today with more ahead. We now only have five more days to Laussane, where our pilgrimage ends ... Read More

It is time for an update of the Tour de Valise. Today the tour climbed up into the Jura mountains on the most challenging leg ... Read More

                                 Gord eating lunch just before the Swiss border- oops ... Read More

Today was almost a pedal free day for me as I lost most of the height of two day's climbing in just 30 minutes. Gord ... Read More

Our last day on the Via Francigena was a difficult one largely as a result of failing to follow good Swiss instructions. The signage for ... Read More

We are loving our time in Paris! We expected that we would, but we did not anticipate that Paris would be fairly affordable even in ... Read More