the restoration of notre dame cathedral in paris, which was nearly destroyed by fire four years ago, is expected to be finished on schedule. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the travel show. this week on the show, we re looking back at some of our favourite travel adventures so far this year, from taking the sting out of a dive with jellyfish in the philippines. gosh, these stingless jellyfish, they look like little mushrooms. we got it! ..to an uphill odyssey on france s mont saint michel. these are the last steps, ade. are you sure? yes. ..and jumping aboard a balloon with a view in switzerland. there s something quite magical about being up here. hello and welcome to the programme. and i am thrilled to report that spring has arrived in london at last after what seemed a very long, cold and wet winter. so it gives us a great excuse to start thinking about travel again and taking a look back at some of our favourite adventures from recent months here on the show.
several thousand people in france are protesting the changes to the pension system with demonstrators lighting firecrackers and filling in the liniment police. just going 8:30 p:m.. coming up shortly if news watch but first it s time to escape with the travel show. i m beginning this week in northern france on a journey that 2.5 million people take each year. you kind of get an idea of how popular this place must be because it s off season, it s super cold, but this bus is packed. you can see, i ve just got a glimpse of the abbey. it does look pretty special. this is mont saintmichel, one of france s most visited sites. it s an island off the coast of brittany in normandy, connected to the mainland by a half a mile long bridge that opened back in 2014. and this year, the island celebrates a very special anniversary. it is the 1000th anniversary of the construction of the church. how on earth did they construct something like this 1000 years ago? yeah. this is the best of medi
about being up here. hello and welcome to the programme. and i am thrilled to report that spring has arrived in london at last after what seemed a very long, cold and wet winter. so it gives us a great excuse to start thinking about travel again and taking a look back at some of our favourite adventures from recent months here on the show. up first, let s remind ourselves of a trip that carmen took in march to the philippines. it s a fascinating country made up of more than 7,000 islands, but carmen chose just one of these to take the plunge and go swimming with some creatures you d usually be trying to avoid. carmen: i ve left siargao to visit sohoton cove national park on the island of bucas grande. which i m told is one of the few places on earth you ll find a certain rather slimy creature that s not normally that popular. jellyfish are amazing creatures. they re tough, and have been around for aeons. but with their foreboding tentacles equipped with venomous stings, it s
funeral. on monday, um, i went to grandma and papa t s. at some point in the afternoon you mean what did i do when i got up that morning? yeah, where did you stay? we stayed at greenfield sunday night. we woke up at greenfield on monday. sunday night you were with the same family members? that s right. and lizzie s moment and dad. i can t remember when nony and left. then you went to summerville with who? i believe i went by myself, but i know bus in the car by myself. i can t remember if buster and i rode together. we probably did ride together i don t remember, but i know i went to summerville and buster was in summerville with me, with grandma and papa t. summerville is where maggie s parents live? yeah. maggie s mom and dad. did you stay with them for a few days? summerville? i stayed in summerville? yeah, we stayed in summer ville month night, tuesday night, wednesday night, and then we went to greenville. okay. um, and what was in
and so and sunday night you were with the same family members, your brother and brooklyn and buster and that s right. and liz. and lizzie, and lizzie s mom and dad and i believe donny and paula was still there, but i can t remember when they left. and then you went to somerville with whom? i believe i went to somerville by myself, but i know in the car by myself. i can t remember if buster and i rode together, but i think we might have had separate cars. we probably did ride together that first day. i don t remember, but i know i went to somerville and buster was in somerville with me and grandma and papa t. and somerville is where maggie s parents live? that s right. that s maggie s mom and dad, maggie s mom is grandma and maggie s dad is papa t. did you stay with them for a few days in somerville? i stayed with them longer in somerville? yeah, i stayed with them we stayed in somerville monday night, tuesday night, wednesday night, and then we w