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Day 34
Day 34 Big drive yesterday - really tired, but we must do something different for our last full day in France, so we decide to head direction Pyrenees, tthrough vineyard after vineyard, to the little town (it has a McDo we discovered - and no, we didn't go in ) of Limoux, of the origins of champagne claim to fame. Peter drives right into the middle of town until he can't drive straight ahead any further, we are forced into a really narrow street and end ...
Day 33
... to go - she really needs some French lessons. The road starts to climb and we lose our sun. The 14.5 degrees in Narbonne quickly becomes 5.5 degrees as we near Millau - and the sun gives way to cloud, and weather that closes in on us. We eventually hit 825m above sea level - all this to see a bridge, you say. You haven't seen the bridge, I say. Le viaduc de Millau is not just any bridge - it cost 320 million euros - at its highest point it is ...
Day 32
... when we passed the shop and he has been salivating since then. The crepe-maker is happy to let me take pictures as he makes each of us our crepe. Onward and homeward with our purchases. Next stop - McDo's on the Narbonne Road and free, unlimited wifi. We see the McDo sign - no golden arches up high - it says 2 a droite - and all of a sudden, we're almost on the freeway! Suddenly, I see an exit and tell Peter to take it - good decision - and finally we ...
Day 31
... and are given directions a supermarche, Monoprix. We shop, and I manage to find the caramel bars featured in our Year 8 textbook - I buy enough for Year 8 - tomorrow, I will buy a 2k box to send them home. As we were wandering around la cite this morning, we walked past a restaurant, L'Auberge des musees, with a table set up outside. On the table was a bowl of cassoulet, of which I took a picture. A lady rushes out of the restaurant, with another bowl of cassoulet in ...
Spontaneous Decision
Most spontaneously I found myself booking a flight to the Canary Islands, the idea being to join my friend Laughing Anna on her winter trip to the hippy island of La Gomera.
The appeal was the vision of staying for the xmas holiday in a cave on a remote ...


