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Category Archives: France

the secret to French Cooking: add a pound of butter and a bottle of wine to everything!

A rock wall filled with carved skulls the Chapel of Our Lady of Hi at Cap Fagnet on the Normandy Coast of France

Visiting Cap Fagnet, above Fécamp on the Normandy Coast of France

August 31, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Mid-afternoon June 8, 2015. Today’s route took us from Rouen to Le Havre and then up the Alabaster Coast. Cap Fagnet, high above Fécamp on the Normandy Coast of France, offers […]

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France
delicious textures of a cracked plaster wall in Rouen, France

WPC: Cracked Plaster Wall in Rouen

August 3, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

I decided to pick these delicious textures of a cracked plaster wall in Rouen, France; textures you can just reach out and touch… Two other wall samples nearby with more […]

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France, Weekly Photo Challenge
3-course dinner with Andoulille sausage in Bernay, France

Dinner in Bernay and an Evening in Rouen

July 11, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Late afternoon June 6, 2015. Ending up our day-trip through cider and cheese (and chocolate) country with a dinner in Bernay. We stopped for dinner in Bernay. Al had a […]

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France, French Food
Signs of Cheese in Livarot in Normandy, France

Travelling to Livarot along Normandy’s Cheese & Cider Route

June 30, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

June 6, 2015. On today’s day trip from Rouen along the cheese & cider route we happened upon a fromagerie.  In Livarot, France we were greeted by signs of cheese […]

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France, French Food
Our first French picnic

A Detour Leads to Our First French Picnic!

June 27, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

June 6, 2015. On a day-trip from Rouen. One habit I wish I could bring home with me was the picnics in France. While driving along a back road we […]

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Beer & Cider, France, Road Trip
The Jumieges Abbey ruins in France

Jumieges Abbey Ruins from the 1600s, France

June 25, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 7 Comments

June 6, 2015. First stop on our day trip from Rouen. I love places that have been left in a ruined state, and Jumieges Abbey on our route from Rouen to […]

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France

The Gothic Cathedral in Rouen, France

June 21, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

June 5, 2015. Part of our walk about in Rouen contained a visit  to the city’s spectacular Gothic Cathedral. A view of the Cathedral in Rouen through a windowless facade.The black […]

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France, Road Trip
treat or two at a nearby pastry shop

A Walk Around Rouen in France

June 19, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

June 5, 2015. Arriving late afternoon in Rouen. Although we prefer to go places on a whim, our rough schedule had us arriving in Rouen late on a Friday in […]

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France
A Church in the Landscape on the Road to Rouen

The Road to Rouen

June 15, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

June 5, 2015. Morning spent travelling from Amiens to Rouen via as many backroads as we could find. It took us a couple of days but we finally figured out how […]

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France, Road Trip
In Amiens Al chose Crab Mille Feuilles for his dinner

An Evening in Amiens, France

June 13, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

Evening of June 4, 2015. Day spent travelling from Tornai to Amiens via the Circuit of Remembrance. We came into Amiens after a full day of travelling from Tournai in […]

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Beer & Cider, France, French Food

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