France
On Tuesday, on the recommendation of our accommodation host, we decided to go see some cave paintings... REALLY old cave paintings (or at least replicas thereof). The Chauvet paintings are around 36,000 years old and likely the oldest paintings in the world (some googling suggests older ones have now
France
On Tuesday, we flew from Venice to Paris, collected our hire car and drove south to Blois, where we stayed for two nights. On Wednesday, our first full day in France, we visited Captain Haddock's Marlinspike Hall (or at least the inspiration thereof — Château de Cheverny), which was
Northern Ireland
On Tuesday we set off for a scenic drive, as recommended by Sharon. While we didn't quite manage her recommended route, we still had a lovely (if very cold and windy) day. We actually ended up spending the most time wandering/hiking/clambering around Ballintoy Harbour (for the
Malaysia
During our chats with Mimi as she was showing us around on Wednesday, we discovered she and a friend have very recently set up their own dog shelter. There are many stray dogs here and the government doesn't do anything other than catch and euthanize them if someone