Nantes, France, Nantes, France

30 minutes before leaving my beloved Louvieres for a train to Burgundy to visit other friends, they called to inform me they got COVID. I rapidly changed plans and returned to my host sister Jeanne-Therese in Jumieges for a few days.

If you’ve never been, Jumieges has an amazing abbey. The town somehow got forgotten but it’s a beautiful site worth a detour. This region is also known for linen and has a working windmill that makes flour. It’s also near Rouen which has countless sites worth exploring such as the clock tower and Joan of Arc church to name just a couple of its marvels.

With some unplanned available days, I decide to go to Nantes. In 36 years of travel to France, I’ve never been. I travel by FlixBus and arrive in Nantes at about 9pm. I stay at Adaggio Apartments on the Rue Russeil. It’s perfectly outside the main tourist area and has a small kitchen so I could cook some of my meals. (There’s another Adaggio in the center of Nantes, but this one was less expensive, and I liked that it was out of any tourist areas.) ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).