On the drive to Arras we visited Tyne Cot Cemetery where my Great, Great Uncle Francis Rupert Hercus fought but returned home and Caberet-Rouge British Cemetery for the grave of one of Roy’s relatives Edwin Cronk.   We are in Arras for 5 nights. We had an organised Australian Battlefields Tour Continue Reading

We collected our hire car and headed to Ypres for 2 nights via Reims where we visited  the Tattinger Champagne House.  Driving through Menin Gate was surreal. We were staying within 10 minutes walk of  Menin Gate and attended the moving Last Post Service each night at 8pm with hundreds Continue Reading

We stayed in a delightful B & B for three nights where we had access to a Renault Clio electric car.   The first day we walked Rue de Champagne,  enjoyed a tour of Moet & Chandon and delicious pizza in the B & B courtyard and discussed the 10 champagnes Continue Reading

We arrived at Charles De Gaulle Airport to a summers day of 27 degrees feeling rather tired. Our flight went smoothly, from the pre-flight Champagne drinks in the Emirates Lounge to the quick transfer in Dubai and very fast exit through French customs.  We were able to walk from our 2C Continue Reading