We spent most of our time in the mountains or on the barge. Paris and Dijon were our start/end/transition points. So we had some time in each city and did some light sightseeing.
Category Archives: France
France 2017 – 3: Barge trip on Canal de Bourgogne
Besides the hiking below Mont Blanc the barge trip on the Canal de Bourgogne (Burgundy) was our main purpose for this vacation trip. Our friends have a friend who is part owner of the barge Derrineel and we joined them for a week on the canal.
France 2017 – 2: Hiking hut-to-hut in the Aiguilles Rouges
Continued from here. One of the things we wanted to do on this trip was to experience the hut-to-hut hiking which is very popular in the Alps.
France 2017 – 1: Below Mont Blanc
After a arriving late in Paris due to an inflight emergency that had our plane turn around shortly after leaving the mainland we got our rental car and headed straight for the Alps.