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🇬🇧 The long goodbye (and a few oysters in between) All good things must come to an end — and apparently, so must good holidays. By 10 a.m., all twelve of us were packed, polished, and pointed in twelve different … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Of flowers, châteaux and a battle of wits (with whisky as fuel) Exploring the Loire one glass and one proverb at a time. Another cool and sunny day — perfect weather for exploration, or at least for pretending we’re … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Loches and loaded The art of sauntering with style and sore backs A good night’s sleep — I blame it entirely on the whisky. It seems to have excellent restorative powers, at least in moderation (or close enough). After … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Of pasta, highways and lost rucksacks They say pasta dinners are comforting. Well, they didn’t tell me about the 3am hyperglycaemia wake-up call package deal. Despite a midnight insulin injection, my glucose levels seemed to think they were training … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Vierzon, why not? After three days of early starts, we finally allowed ourselves the luxury of breakfast at the decadent hour of 9am. No rushing, no alarms—just coffee and croissants without a stopwatch ticking in the background. The drive … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Goats, caves & curious cuisine I must have slept reasonably well last night — only a faint brush with a nightmare, which I’ll generously classify as “training” for today’s winding roads. By 8:30, I was once again face-to-face with … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Market, wine and multi-tasking conversations All six of us managed the impossible: sitting down at breakfast at the same time. 8:30 sharp, no stragglers, no excuses. Fueled by coffee and croissants, we then scattered like pigeons on a town … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Chapter II (Now featuring Uzès) Day 1 Barely 24 hours after waving goodbye to our last visitors — with just enough time to reclaim the sofa and the fridge — we were back on the road again. Destination: festive … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Final thoughts Ireland, you have been grand (Mostly) After twelve days wandering the Emerald Isle, it’s time to sort through the good, the bad, the ugly… and yes, even the weird. ✅ The Good The Irish themselves top the … Continue reading →