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... out of the campground an hour earlier than usual, so that meant that we had about 10 minutes of cool cycling before the heat of the day hit us. Out of beautiful Bordeaux wine country we were traversing on major roads - not as picturesque, but direct and well paved. We are now carrying 3-4 Liters of extra water with us as we have been running out midday. Amazingly, I’m not noticing the extra ...

... We stayed for the first three days about 10km outside Arles in a fantastic three hundred year old farmhouse bed and breakfast called Mas du Petit Grava ( http://www.masdupetitgrava.net/ ) run by west coast ex-pats and all around great guys Jim and Ike. By the end of our trip we will have stayed in nineteen different establishments (not including Katja’s) and we both agree this was clearly our favorite place we stayed on the trip. Ike and Jim (along with their two friendly ...

... br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> In Avignon we stayed at the Avignon Grand Hôtel. All right, it was not as &#8220;nice&#8221; as the hotel in Monaco but it was huge &#8211; a suite arrangement. It was also convenient to the downtown area ...

... would have cried in a similar situation, I think its important, as a friend, to continously take the **** out of him from now on. Next time you see Alex ask him to do an impression of a stick insect. Its hilarious.<br><br>We cycled on in the blazing heat of 35 degrees. As the miles went by we started to get a little bored and amused ourselves by standing up on the bikes and thrusting at ...

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... stone villages and towns, and trying not to run over the pilgrims walking to Santiago de Campostella! A selection of Miradoux photos<br><br> <br> <br> <br>

It was a long day on the bus, but we finally made it to Provence. On the way we stopped in Avignon to see the Pope's Palace and then made our way to the Roman Aqueduct. After dinner in Provence, we stumbled upon a crazy street party with a DJ. It was fun experience to dance with the locals and get a feel for the flavor of the town. We are off to Barcelona tomorrow!

... br><br>20 minutes grumbling thunder preceeded a violent storm, force 8+, rain and big hailstones. Dave went out in pants only to save the awning from being blown off!<br><br>Nightingales (rossinol?) sang after the storm, and again in the morning.

... like an Australian twang. I insinuated myself into the conversation and discovered that I was talking to people from Melbourne and Perth. It was quite a joy to find myself speaking the mother tongue again after so long, though I found that I still tended to speak slowly and precisely as though communicating with foreigners. A little later we were enjoying a cup of what the French rather optimistically call coffee when an Englishman joined us and suggested ...

... who owned a pott**y shop enthusiastically discussed France´s World Cup rugby campaign with me. He wore an Australian jump** because he admired their play. He didn´t like New Zealand though, claiming they w**e "dirty". That´s a laugh, I thought, coming from a Frenchman. I didn´t mention the Wales vs France game involving a Frenchman's bowling ball grip of a Welshman's eye. In the Estate Agent´s window two chateaux w**e for sale. One, the Chateau de Cazaux D ...