Bon Voyage – Road Trip to France

Bon Voyage! We have been looking forward to this trip since quite some time. After storing our many suitcases (from Shanghai) at a friends house, we were ready to go. New motorbike, new car and dog on board. We haven’t been in the south of France for 8 years… and we haven’t been driving a car or motorbike in 3 years… (after the first 1500km I think we got enough practice and are back on track – so far no falling off or crashing…).

The start on our first day in the morning in Germany was a little rough: battery of new motorbike flat… but the new mini (our new car) helped with a jump start after purchasing the right equipment (and the following mornings as well…). While we fixed the battery my hubby’s Chinese smart phone broke (not sure if that was due to wrong handling or bad quality…).

Anyhow, at some point we were on the road and on the way to beautiful France.

Shanghai was nice and young (Pudong, the area where we lived is about 15 years old…) and everything was new. Europe is the opposite and France is historic & beautiful. Those stone houses decorated with beautiful flowers… I’m in love. We missed Europe and are very happy to be back.

We traveled for 3 days towards our final destination: the south of France. On the way we stayed in little villages and towns. So beautiful. And only French speakers (No German. No English. No Chinese. No Spanish… well, obviously.). We are quite good and survive with basic words (my husband mixing a bit of French with Spanish (which seems fine in the south)… and (I thought) I had ordered 1 Cappuccino and got 3…). I love the language – it sounds like love.

Our first overnight stop: the area of Comte, producing one of the best cheeses.

France on a plate:

Aperitif (…Ou plutot d’un aperitif local…)…

Entre…

Plat…

Chariot de fromages locaux…

Dessert…

Soooo French. Soooo good.

The best time of the day: breakfast and dinner. Choosing the food & drinks from the menu was already a wonderful challenge (correct translation and to make a choice without ordering the whole menu). And later eating it… pure joy. So delicious! We feel like surrounded by many Paul Pairet. Bon Appetit!

Next to food we enjoyed the ride with many photo gorgeous stops along the way. France is so charming.

Little beautiful villages.

Is there anything better than baguette with cheese (and of course a glass of red wine…)?

Or a pana chocolate…

We love it… and all of that and more for the next 3 weeks… life is superb!