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Travel || Champagne Pommery & Villa Demoiselle

Visiting Maison Pommery and the Villa Demoiselle can both be toured in Reims. The Pommery chalk caves are now a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Villa Demoiselle is an architectural gem dating back to the beginning of the 20th…

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Travel || Palais du Tau in Reims, France

Palais du Tau is so named because of its t-shaped form. The palace was already in existence during antiquity. It was altered several times before being transformed into a classical palace between 1671 and 1710, under the direction of…

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Travel || Visiting the Notre Dame in Reims

Now, I have been to a lot of fancy cathedrals but I think that Notre Dame in Reims might take the top spot on the podium. It is actually the precursor to the Notre Dame in Paris. This masterpiece…

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North Coast 500

Last summer I was very excited to do the NC 500 (North Coast 500) with a detour to the Isle of Skye and the Orkney Islands. I did a combination of wild camping and pre-booked campsites. One word of…

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Travel || Musée d’Orsay, Paris

I absolutely adore the Musée d’Orsay. It is my favourite museum in Paris – which is a pretty big shout. The architecture of the museum itself is beautiful. The Musee d’Orsay is in an old railway station (Gare d’Orsay).…