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Croatia, Italy, France.
... French Riviera. It feels disgusting with bridge-tunnel-bridge-tunnel etc. as you exit a tunnel and are hit by the wind. France. I romantically proposed that it would be easy for me to show Camilla Monaco as I had driven here decades ago but this ...
Consuming Paradisial Seeds
Eating and drinking. Although we do it every day, every culture treats those nutrimental activities in a different way. On on side, they are crucial for our survival, on the other they represent the most important social events (besides smoking drugs and ...
A Wet Weekend
After a meagre breakfast at Hotel de la Gare, I realsied that I had left my sweater in the local tourism office the previous afternoon so had little choice but to delay my departure until the place reopened at 10.00 am. Sweater retrieved I set off in ...
More Beautiful Days and Other Such Crap!
Another beautiful day of cycling. Not quite sure what I’ll do when the weather changes, I’ve been so spoiled with beautifully sunny days each and every day. Cycled through quite a few ‘petit cite du character’ ...
The Guerin kids - Croatia, Italy, France.
... of the fun things we have been doing. We miss you and are thinking of you. We will be leaving soon for Spain with western France and the United Kingdom (Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England) next. Love from Macayle and Dylan Guerin; Au ...
Marie
... she insisted she buy me a double bed for my "boyfriend". So to all of you who think I am going to find me a man in France, everyone here thinks I am going to find one too. Once the other assistants found out I didn't have a boyfriend, they are all on a ...
The PEYTAVINS Homeland
... it back to the house as quickly as we did. After returning Jean's car, we headed in the direction of St. Martin Castillon, Vaucluse. This is where Michael's and Jean's ancestors, the PEYTAVINS. The narrow, winding road meandered through tiny ...
The Luberon
... by travelling to the Luberon area of France, which is very Provencal. The summer holidays had officially started in France on this weekend, and we were a little worried about finding accommodation, particularly because this is lavender country, and ...
Autrans
... even get me to take my mind off the wavering of a giant tour bus up and down the French Alps. Ever watched the Tour de France and the sharp turns that the professional bikers take through the mountains? Yes, these are the same roads. A wavering bus, with ...
Day 12: Sainte Engrâce - Arette-Pierre-St-Martin
Hardest ascent so far from 630m to 1800m. Also, most of it was in thick cloud and one endless stony zig zag road felt like "the road to purgatory" for Felix. At the top we were rewarded by a tiny house selling Brebis (sheep) cheese by a couple who looked ...
Day 4: Bidarray - Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
Up at 6AM to the sound of thunder: Happy Birthday Jasper! The gite owner came out in her dressing gown to show us a shortcut to the start. No rain when we left but muggy and cloudy. We walked in silence knowing that this was the longest walking day ahead ...
The Pyreneese
... out a form. I filled in what I could and handed it back to her. She took one look and said I had to have an address in France in order to receive the money. We stayed that we had just arrived and hadn't even gotten a hotel yet. She insisted. Leo grabbed a ...
The Only Gay in the Village??
... would make the perfect place for a wedding but Im not sure how many guests we would get if we chose to marry in France! That evening was a music festival in Vallon where the streets are closed to traffic and local musicians set up on various corners and ...
ST. MARTIN DE RE-LES SABLES D'OLONNE (Km 105)
... piccolo supermercato, dove tento invano di farmi regalare una t-shirt come quella delle commesse :-) (riporta il logo del Tour de France 2011, sponsored by CARREFOUR). Cena all'allegro take-away "Le BUFFET D'ETE' ", tra promenade e centreville, dove ...
PREPARATIFS !!!
Bonjour à tous, je prépare mon voyage en inde ou je compte partir environ 6 mois avec un sac à dos, chaque jour apprenant de nouveaux trucs et astuces pour paraitre moins bète une fois arrivé là-bas (éviter les boullettes culturelles) mais surtout ...
Day 20 - La Gacilly – Le Guelin
... gave the girls a chance to sit at the table and catch up on their diaries and folders with their brochures in. Carried on to St Martin where we stopped for the day and Sue must have charmed the locals as an old French man stopped in his car, came on ...
Lunch by the old port
Stopped off at a restaurant (Le Belem) then we had a walk around some fortifications just outside the town before heading on to the ...
Meeting Pierre & Genevieve Chaize
... our way around as best as possible. It added some time stuck in traffic jams but eventually we made our way clear and headed to Saint-Martin-de-Londres. Once there we had to get directions as the Chaize home which is in a little Hameau nearby. We were ...
Retour à la case départ après le tour de chauffe
Nous retrouvons Ama à l'école de Germieta où elle a préparé un "repas de départ". Une quinzaine de personnes s'est réunie pour nous souhaiter un bon voyage... Un dernier café à Izpegi, où nous rencontrons un couple de parisiens qui nous propose ...
Once more with feeling!
... couple in a van a little way down gave us some yellow chalk to write on the road (yes it is allowed during The Tour de France!) it's so you can write encouraging messages for the cyclists, I not sure how encouraged they will be by 'The Hines on Tour' but ...
Mont Blanc/ Praz de Lys
Competed in Continental Cup in Praz de Lys France. Bad races but a ton of fun.Delicous food and the most beautiful skiing of my ...
Lunch on the banks of the Loire
Fantastic setting ! Lunch consisted of a dozen snails and profiteroles washed down with a half bottle of the local Saumur Champigny ! ...
Ile-de-Re
... last night. Found this campsite after a couple of tries - clean and lovely under the pines. Swam, sunbathed, etc. for three days. Cycled to La Flotte and St Martin first day, then Dave took us cross-country the next - big mistake, got lost, no lunch. ...
Castle Time
Allo! Well it has been along time due to number 1, the lack of super interesting events in my life and number 2, my extreme level of laziness! Spain was my last big trip so apart from that we have not been doing too much! In order to stop this though a ...
Day 2...
Day 2... The road to nowhere. Not sure that we have a target today; will just travel somewhere in the general direction of Bourges and stop wherever we fancy. We all slept well enough last night; Steve more than the rest of us ...
Day 1...
Day 1... 280 miles of beautiful riding weather; not too breezy; not too warm, (except when you're dressed in all your gear and have to wait for 5 motorcycles to fill up with petrol). Spent too long on the road and had to settle for a room in a Premiere ...
France - GPS mission
... the GPS packed up, otherwise we would have been at Disney Land and missed this beautiful quiet and tranquil place. Finding these sites inspires me to spend more time in country France. (Kel wishes to add – Trav cracks me up and sounds totally ...
Arriving from the airport
... in a bathroom that has a big window and mirrors. I decided sitting down was probably my best bet. The first meal I had in France was lasagna. I totally proved I was from a foreign country when I went to put multiple things on my plate all at once. ...
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