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Blog number 3
... in my stops in the smaller parts of france i have the whole place to myself, this is well and truly off-season.
A small scare with my laptop today. i thought it was broken, or at least the power adaptor. my water bottle leaked yesterday in the bag with the charger in (not the laptop) and afterwards and currently the battery won't charge. hence i thought that was it, no more updates, no more gps or iPhone as all these units are charged from the laptop. i didn't ...
Cognac
... aussi l'intention d'y acheter une bouteille de vin, mais comme les francais ne travaillent pas de midi a 14h00 nous nous sommes rive le nez sur la porte de la maison du vin.
Ensuite, nous nous sommes diriges vers la ville de Cognac, un petit detour, mais c'etait encore une fois pour une bonne cause : nous voulions parfaire nos connaissances sur la fabrication ...
Portomarin to palais de rei
... jacket was not what it claimed. William in bare feet had the old man in the cafe totally bamboozled and we had to get a globe of the world to show him where we came from. Next time he meets a group from nz he will either run and hide or maybe just shoot them. We had a slightly longer cafe break(more than an hour) then headed out into the by now only slightly damp weather. With the weather a little damp our picnic lunch was had in a cafe where we bought ...
It took my breath away
... in Chinese as if I could miraculously understand them. After the pre-snacks we walked over the a building opposite the main building to go have dinner. The building has its own stage as Vincent's mom was an opera singer and used to sing on that stage many times. Look through the photos and you'll even see a picture of Vincent with Pavarotti! I soon realized that I was rubbing shoulders with "royalty" and my inner Queen was delighted! :-) The stage even had what I call a Romeo ...
The end of the season...
... some of the time, and did a lot of reading. As the season ends it feels like everyone is affected with the same mild depression, even, if as for this year, it was a great season. It just feels like the end of everything, as slowly life becomes less about being outdoors, you see all the seasonal workers gradually disappearing, and all the shops and cafés aimed at tourists start to close up for the winter. There have been lots of end of season parties where I have learnt ...