{"id":34916,"date":"2023-09-25T04:41:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T18:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=34916"},"modified":"2023-09-25T04:41:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T18:41:30","slug":"angouleme-france-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=34916","title":{"rendered":"Angoul\u00eame, France 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 23rd September 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 95 kms from P\u00e9rigueux to Angoul\u00eame  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Angoul\u00eame  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Angoul\u00eame dedicated parking, free, N45.65370, E0.14320  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 124 days @ \u20ac95 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After our final walk through the markets of P\u00e9rigueux we make our way back over the river to the aire and prepare the Hymer for the road. Much to our surprise the boom gate opens and we escape into the Saturday morning traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still overcast but the rain has gone or so it seems. It\u2019s a very pleasant drive north on the D roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pictured below, what the heck is this all about. Well Angoul\u00eame has a comic strip museum ? At some point in time now long past, the mills in Angoul\u00eame made all the paper in France, predominately newsprint paper and cigarette paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence the Comic Strip Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Angoul\u00eame has no proper parking and service area for camper cars, just a small parking area in the least attractive part of the city which states \u2018no parking sauf camper cars\u2019. We find a spot amongst 6 other motorhomes and settle in like an Alabama tick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s mid-afternoon before we start the walk up the hill to the old town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angoul\u00eame stands on a ridge overlooking a meander in the River Charente<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pictured above, as we pass through the rampart the Cath\u00e9dral Saint-Pierre d\u2019Angoul\u00eame, circa 12th century comes into view. The facade and portal at the front of the church have been beautifully restored. The church features 3 magnificent ceiling domes only one can be seen from outside the church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From here we wander a little aimlessly as we have no map. It matters little as we follow the crowd. It\u2019s past 5pm now and the French having awoken from their afternoon naps, are filling the cafes and bars and enjoying a warm autumn afternoon with friends and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Angoul\u00eame is a rugby town as several shops have bunting and signs associated with the current World Cup. Apparently the town has a professional team playing in the French competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway enough walking about we decide it\u2019s time to relax. Finding a nice little cafe opposite a small square we order a round of drinks spending half an hour watching Angoul\u00eame enjoying the vibe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael + Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: 23rd September 2023 Travelled: 95 kms from P\u00e9rigueux to Angoul\u00eame   Visited: Angoul\u00eame   Stayed: Angoul\u00eame dedicated parking, free, N45.65370, E0.14320   Budget: 124 days @ \u20ac95 per day After our final walk through the markets of P\u00e9rigueux we make our way back over the river to the aire and prepare the Hymer for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":34931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[89],"class_list":{"0":"post-34916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-french-towns","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34916"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34933,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34916\/revisions\/34933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}