France Route 2010
A map of our 2010 route through France. To read about the Runaway travels to France, check out the ‘8 Country EU Tour‘, or head to the France section. Enjoy many more photos […]
A map of our 2010 route through France. To read about the Runaway travels to France, check out the ‘8 Country EU Tour‘, or head to the France section. Enjoy many more photos […]
If I had a good experience at a local business during my travels, I am going to tell you about it! 1. FOOD: The Donair shop on Quai Branly. Located across […]
1. Try to speak French. Just learning the basics will make the locals happy. You can pick up some phrases on-line and whether or not you have your pronunciation correct, […]
TOP 10 (70% FREE!) ‘SEE AND DO’ – PARIS, France According to the Habitual Runaway 1. Walk Ile de la Cite. One of only two natural islands in Paris, Ile de […]
Our journey traversing from France to Scotland was just as entertaining as the rest of our tour. Of course it was not as easy as we had thought it would […]
Ahh France – she is never what I expect her to be, but each tour ends up being an epic adventure regardless. We decided after this trip NOT to head […]
Now you may have noticed that (until this post) my husband appears to have not changed his attire since departing Amsterdam! At the beginning of our trip, we packed intellectually. […]
We meandered through the narrow cobblestone streets of Boulogne, admiring the incredible architecture, enjoying the friendly smiles checking out the cute shops, restaurants and patisseries. In the centre of the […]
On our way to hunt for food, we happened upon the incredible ‘Chateau de Boulogne sur Mer‘ – hunger could wait! The grounds were absolutely magnificent, primarily naturally grown but […]
We were feeling incredibly positive about our day at Vimy Ridge and were now ready to drop off our rental car and head into the UK. I won’t go into […]
Standing between the grand towers made to represent Canada and France, is a statue symbolizing ‘Mother Canada‘. She overlooks in mourning, the plains where so many (of her) children were […]
More photos of Vimy Ridge at ‘The Habitual Runaway’ on Facebook. As I mentioned earlier, planning every detail of my travels is not something I normally do. So we really […]
It wasn’t to be our night. By the time we arrived at the Eiffel Tower, the lights were off. As a matter of fact, we stood one block away and […]
We managed to find a beautiful hotel across from the Louvre with an open parking spot for us to temporarily take advantage of. At this point we just wanted out […]
Our first experience entering the city of Paris was not a good one. I was looking out the car window (as usual), with my camera in hand, no clue where […]
More photos of Compiegne, France at The Habitual Runaway on Facebook. We drove off, feeling terrible about abandoning our hitch-hiker. We decided we had to stop in the next town […]
As we got ready to pull out of the rest stop and head to Paris, I noticed a hitch-hiker who was going up and down the lot looking for a […]
We slept for 4 hours just outside of Lille. Unfortunately it seemed that our luck for comfortable car sleeps had run out. We awoke cramped, not quite refreshed – and […]
More pictures of Lille, France at ‘The Habitual Runaway’ on Facebook. We arrived in Lille at 5am. It was never on my radar as a place to visit or stop, but Mother […]