Introduction
Wednesday 1 April 2015
We arrived mid afternoon at our overnight stop 'Camping de Troyes' in the Champagne region. After a warm greeting from the manager things went downhill. It didn’t seem as if any maintenance work had taken place during the winter so it was looking a bit ‘down at heel’. As we had arrived early we had in time for a walk around the town which is in the shape of a champagne cork! It is a small town almost exclusively of medieval half-timbered houses, very attractive. It also boasts an excellent market that was still open so we spent a fortune on food for dinner. Any visit to a French market is expensive but worth it.
Thursday 2 April
Friday 3 April
Saturday 4 April
Sunday 5 April to Saturday 11 April.
Sunday 12 April.
Monday 13 April to Wednesday 15 April
We then moved on to Burano where they make lace. Very pretty but what do you need lace for these days? We don’t tend use dollies or lace tablecloths anymore. Of more interest were the houses which all painted in bright colours from purple, to pink, to orange – a bit like Tobermory. The journey back seemed to take in a tour of the entire lagoon, but at least we got value for money out of our 3 day transport ticket. The second day we did the central sights around St Mark’s Square . We also went across to the island of San Giorgio and went up the bell tower there (cheaper than St Mark’s).
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