Buggered old geezer does France...
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Must admit I would like to try the different foods. And yes I will as we have two weeks in France in September.
Thanks
In most places, if you are polite and you see something good going past on a plate, it’s sufficient just to point across and say “Comme ça” or near enough “Com sa” the ‘sa’ sound being rather like the ‘sa’ of Saturday.
You’ll have the odd disaster but that is part of the fun.
You don’t see simple phrase books anymore, which is a pity, as lots of them had basic menu lists. I guess phones and tge internet have done away with them.
Mostly it’s just about a little bit of confidence and trying. Most restaurants and cafes are pretty helpful, no matter where you go. Quite often someone sitting nearby will help, as they like to practice their English…. And remember it will be just as confusing for Eric from Hamburg, when asked if he’d like two fried slices with it.
Piney. I know it well.
And our next stop....
www.booking.com
★★★ Le Cheval Blanc - Logis Hotel, Giffaumont, France
Le Cheval Blanc - Logis Hotel has a garden, shared lounge, a terrace and restaurant in Giffaumont.
www.booking.com
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Giffaumont is a resort town on the edge of Lac du Der, or Lac Der Chantecoq, after the village that was flooded to make the largest artificial lake in Europe. It was formed to hold back some of the water travelling down the Marne into the Seine and then flooding Paris.
Top marks....
Giffaumont is a resort town on the edge of Lac du Der, or Lac Der Chantecoq, after the village that was flooded to make the largest artificial lake in Europe. It was formed to hold back some of the water travelling down the Marne into the Seine and then flooding Paris.
Did you pick up a Logis loyalty card, as you’ll be clocking up some points.
not if booked via the booking.com links he has posted...
Troyes - a great town, was there a few weeks ago.
True that.
I wonder if they take Clubcard points instead..
Back to slightly more normal weather...19-22, showers....more comfortable...
Slighly more boring day today, some more motorway, but the plippetypop gained us access and egress....or perhaps it was the Crit D'air sticker....something worked anyway.
Also managed to avoid les flics doing a speed check on an 80....beat the hoors and went past at 70 ish....thats another advantage of being in a car really, no sense of having to get on and create some excitement on fairly flat and boring roads.
The whole idea of the trip was to meander about and see the parts less travelled, and we have managed that so far.
After getting established in our room we had a donder up to the lac....it .is indeed enormous.
Sadly have to condemn the MRA nav app as useless. The route planning website is great, I have put all the routes into the Nav5 and it has worked flawlessly.
The MRA has worked....sometimes.....and it is this instability which renders it worthless. It worked great today until coffee. Turned it off to check phone for emails, Monzo or whatever at coffee time, and when we resumed it just would not do anything, eventually just a sullen grey screen. I turned it, and the phone off and on to try and bump start it...nah.
I eventually uninstalled it, re installed it and signed in....it had noneof the offline maps I spent some time downloading, nor the update to the maps I installed a couple of days ago...this makes sense as if the maps weren't there it couldn't show an up date! It would have been a real pain if I were relying on it on a bike.
Maybe try again in a few months when they have fixed it.
Also managed to avoid les flics doing a speed check on an 80....beat the hoors and went past at 70 ish....thats another advantage of being in a car really, no sense of having to get on and create some excitement on fairly flat and boring roads.
The whole idea of the trip was to meander about and see the parts less travelled, and we have managed that so far.
After getting established in our room we had a donder up to the lac....it .is indeed enormous.
Sadly have to condemn the MRA nav app as useless. The route planning website is great, I have put all the routes into the Nav5 and it has worked flawlessly.
The MRA has worked....sometimes.....and it is this instability which renders it worthless. It worked great today until coffee. Turned it off to check phone for emails, Monzo or whatever at coffee time, and when we resumed it just would not do anything, eventually just a sullen grey screen. I turned it, and the phone off and on to try and bump start it...nah.
I eventually uninstalled it, re installed it and signed in....it had noneof the offline maps I spent some time downloading, nor the update to the maps I installed a couple of days ago...this makes sense as if the maps weren't there it couldn't show an up date! It would have been a real pain if I were relying on it on a bike.
Maybe try again in a few months when they have fixed it.
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I've had that also with MRA this holiday. Luckily have my trusty tomtom with us.
Some shots of the loch...
