B&B Brignoles
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The Winds of Toulon
... it docks in the town of La Seyne sur Mer which is across the harbor from Toulon. So, in order to get into town, we had the option of taking a cab which would take about 45 minutes, taking a ferry boat organized by Celebrity for $15.00 roundtrip, or take the public ferry from La Seyne into Toulon for approximately $3.00 each way. We opted for the later.
As we stepped of the ship after breakfast, we were hit with gale force winds! ...
"weekend" is "weekend" in French
Yep. The same word! makes it easy to remember!
Anywho, i know LAST weekend i promised ya'll some pictures. then i did not deliver. So this post will include photos!!! Promise!
I just have a few things to say first.....ha.
First off, yesterday is one reason I love traveling so much. To begin, since i'm american Nicole wanted to have a Thanksgiving meal for me and to invited any americans i know. Well, i've only met a few and i can live with never ...
Story time....
... last week I forgot about but find hilarious:
So every night Laura has 3 english words (she attends an international school where they learn to read, write and speak in both english and french) she has to learn for her spelling test on Fridays. There also is a picture that accompanies the word. They tend to be similar for the day, so like: big, dig, wig. Well one night last night we were going over her words ...
Oh! kayak time!
... les vagues sont immenses! cest quelques choses, bon anyway, on a pas le choix dy repasser et hein! je suis capable! lets go! je relax et pagaie! jadmire le paysage quand jme rend compte quon va tout croche pis que lautre en arriere pagaie en fou! hahaha il est un peu stresser de voir ces vagues la, je le rassure, je lui dit de suivre mon rythme, que ca lui donne absolument rien de pagailler en fou de meme! il est memere un peu! ce fut tout un bapteme de kayak pour ...
We sail the seven C's
... allowed to visit any of the cloistered contemplating nuns, of course, but see the photo of the elegant empty cell. And please also see the photo of the Christ at the top of the stairs in the chapel. It's a Spanish statue made of wood. It was stunning. I’d never seen an image of the crucifixion at the top of a staircase; it invited us up to join it in a very moving way.
Well the fresh air and the beauty and the spirituality of The Chartreuse did the ...