Welcome to our travel blog!
We are two travel enthusiasts, with a fondness for France, Kristin Skjæringrud and Finn Pedersen. This blog was primarily created to share photos and travel experiences from various trips with friends and family.
If you have found your way here by other means, we hope you find inspiration and information that might be useful when you are traveling yourself!
Latest posts from the blog
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Harness Racing in Les Andelys, Normandy
After a couple of days in Rouen, we felt like going to a local harness-racing event. As usual, Finn is well-informed about happenings on the trotting scene, and today there’s a race on a grass track just outside the small town of Les Andelys. The town, about 35 km southeast of…
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Rouen – Where Joan of Arc Was Burned at the Stake
The plan today is to go sightseeing in Rouen, but first I needed to update the blog. There’s so much happening all the time that it’s difficult to keep up. Finn went on a solo adventure, while I took care of some “office work.” Rouen is just over an hour’s drive from Lisieux. To avoid…
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On the way to Camembert, but first… coffee and cakes in Vimoutiers
Downtown Vimoutiers Today, it’s cheese, especially Camembert, that it’s all about, but to quench our coffee thirst, we decided to stop by Vimoutiers first. Napoleonic Cake in Vimoutiers And it was no letdown! There was a confectionery right in the middle of the square. They had Napoleon cake, the best I’ve ever tasted!! The base…
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A quite day in Lisieux
Today we took it easy and just enjoyed being tourists in Lisieux, the town we live in. We started with a visit to the tourist information centre. Sightseeing for beginners in Lisieux Just follow the blue line: In Lisieux, they’ve made it simple — they’ve just painted a blue line that runs past all the…
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Honfleur, Deauville and Cabourg
Today we slept in, that is me… for a long time. Spoiled as I am, I had breakfast and coffee in bed before getting ready for the day’s trip. Today, we drove straight north to the Pont De Normandie. An immense structure of a bridge. We drove around a bit and made some wrong turns, so…
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The Castles of the Loire Valley
There are more than 60 castles that are open for visitors in the Loire Valley. We only managed to visit a few, and those are listed at the top of the page. We have also tried to list a lot of the ones we missed. I hope you find some useful information for your own…
