Atalante Hotel Thalassotherapie Sainte Marie Sainte Marie de Re

... the street just in case. Huge wide beaches just waiting for sun-worshippers to lay themselves upon it. Thankfully it’s not holiday time and most places are empty (which suits us just right). We manages to find a smaller quieter campground that was still open and settled ourselves for the evening. A very nice man came over and offered us a couple of his plastic chairs to use to the evening - so sweet! Whoever said that the French were snobs ... ?

Ok so I'm getting a bit behind in my blogs as I've arrived at my uni now and want to write about that. I am having a really good time and re-living being a fresher, which is kind of funny! I also have my laptop set up now - yay! So as a simple solution I'm going to tell you about the food I cooked by posting some photos of it ...

... have an airport with flights back to London, which is what Ive just done today. Such a tiny little airport though, it was quite funny! There are just two people on check in, there is one bar and a few vending machines and one tiny duty free stall. There is one departure lounge area and everyone just walks out the doors and on to the tarmac to get on the plane. Flew with Ryanair and, despite everyone's warnings, they were perfectly fine. The flight arrived about 15 ...

... exhausted by a long day. 12 hours sleep here we come...



Day 4: Normandy beaches - Mont St Michel.
Not such a heavy day mileage-wise, as we felt we maybe over did things the day before. We stopped for lunch (baguette, cheese, chorizo) by the sea in Luc-sur-Mer, on Sword beach, boefore heading inland. On our way South towards Mont St Michel, we stopped off at one of the countless cemeteries that line the coast, where the thousands that died ...

We stayed 1 night in Paris with Olivier, after we spent 2 days in Rouze in Pyrenee. We finished 1st week of our vacation in Toulouse (trip by canal). Second week, we stayed in Talmont st.Hilaire in Francois´s parents.
Vendee is very very nice :-) !!!

... I performed a tidy 9 point turn in the road and set off in the other direction, despite knowing it was more prone to small town syndrome with associated 3.5 tonne vehicle paranoia.

I hate these situations in this RV as its harder and drinks loads more diesel.
We aimed for an "Aire" on the beach but after finding four of the nine spaces occupied by cars, we aborted and drove on to Fouras.
This was a further 9km and had 20 full spaces ...

Judith died! How are we going to manage without her - there'll be rows in the cab. She must have been dropped when planning 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.

... Martin de Re waar we een paar dagen geleden die fantastische uitzichten hadden over het plaatsje en de oceaan, waar we nu zelf op zitten. We gaan zo hard dat de golven die achter op komen ons niet kunnen inhalen. Dan de brug onder door en komen dan in een partij golven waar we onze handen aan vol hebben, waar komen toch die windstoten vandaan? Inderdaad zien we grote complexen industrie in een gigantische havenmond. Na over bakboord ingedraaid te zijn en achterom kijken ...

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... town and noticed a few places selling beer on the streets. So Brian had a beer, and another, and another. He started to act goofy. I had no idea what was happening! I encouraged him to drink more! Finally after 5 or 6 we went back to the hotel. We made Brian go to sleep. Around 2:30 he vomited all over the bed and then in the bathtub. Wow. I realized I helped to cause this mess. Another friend ...