France – Ouistreham
Ouistreham is a small town that serves as a port for Caen, where the ferry to England departs. It has several museums, a large beach, a seafood market, and charming bars and restaurants in the town centre.
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Our journey around Europe by motorhome, post by post and newest first: where we went, where we parked and what we thought.
Ouistreham is a small town that serves as a port for Caen, where the ferry to England departs. It has several museums, a large beach, a seafood market, and charming bars and restaurants in the town centre.
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Concarneau is a walled city and one of the most visited places in Brittany. The city has two distinct areas: the modern city on the mainland and the medieval, walled city on a long island in the centre of the…
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