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 had a cheeky overnighter in Perigueux in late April and found this ancient city had so much to offer we could have stayed a week. We lucked a little third floor apartment right<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/two-days-in-pretty-perigueux/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>