We fulfilled a bucket list dream that started back in 1994 when we were freshly engaged and exploring Europe in an old Mitsubishi L300 carpenters van. We were en route to take the Hurtigruten<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/northern-lights-on-the-hurtigruten-coastal-cruise-kirkenes-to-bergen/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>
We spent seven days in late April house/dog sitting in a little town called Chapelle des Pots just ten minutes from the city of Saintes and loved how richly packed the Charente-Maritime region in Nouvelle-Aquitaine<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/seven-startling-days-in-saintes-and-surrounds-in-spring/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>
We spent 10 days in Bordeaux in April and were blown away but how much this big-little city packs in. We wandered endlessly and aimlessly discovering new old-neighbourhoods, beautiful 18th century buildings, shady green<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/ten-tantalising-days-discovering-the-best-of-bordeaux-in-spring/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>