Day: April 11, 2017

San Sebastian : Europe’s food capital

April 11, 2017

This tuesday is another non flying day with only tourist activities in san sebastian. The climate here is a rather humid one. The place is known to be a european food capital and hosts some of the best restaurants one can find. We are truly tapas lovers howver and always keen on trying the piementos…

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From Ile d’Yeu to San Sebastian

April 11, 2017

This monday was another flying day. Skies were rather clear but i did not have much fuel left. I therefore took off with lots of crosswind and flew to la roche sur yon, an airfield some 42 nautical miles inland where i could refuel our plane. We added some oil as well and enjoyed lunch…

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No flying on Sunday but biking at Ile d’Yeu

April 11, 2017

No flying on Sunday. We planned this journey by alternating days between flying and tourist activities. This makes it more comfortable for everyone. Toda.y, we discovered the island of Yeu by biking around it. Google maps proved to be very inventive as it guided us on biker trails inside the country where not many bikes…

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Arrival at Ile d’Yeu and meeting the Peterzelka’s

April 11, 2017

Today, we crossed most of france from the east to the west in excellent weather conditions. It couldn’t be more nice. We have been flying on flight levels 55 and 95 most of the time. Our route south of paris brought in a couple of hours to the atlantic coast of france, where the island…

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