Best Western France Angleterre And Champ La Rochelle

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... our cheese (of course), but had cassis instead of wine for a change. We also had a little friend - a feral cat decided to come and play around my bike.

Stopped a little early of our goal this evening as there was a campground on route. Not having any reference as to what may lie ahead makes things a bit more complicated. Every night is a bit of a gamble of: do we stop now or do we risk it? Some tourist ...

... I didn't photograph all the things I cooked, but in some cases I needed to remember how we put the meal together on the plate so I tooks some pics to make it easier to replicate these dishes in future. Nerdy I know, but you will thank me if you come round for dinner one night and the food looks really pretty!

xox Hannah

... late but the really freindly staff and the fact the flight only cost me 18 pounds made up for that.

Anyway, enough boring stuff! So the cooking school is a guesthouse and cooking school combined in a really pretty white building with classic blue wooden shutters. It is surrounded by about half an acre of garden, most of which is fruit trees and veggies which we used reguarly in the cooking. There are also a couple of smaller self contained units on the property ...

... we reached the Mont. Took a strole round the place, and headed back to the van for dinner before heading back to the Mont for some ice-cream and a drink. Mont St Michell is an incredible place, a real achievement.

Day 5: Mont St Michel - Carnac.
Day 5 had arrived and still no sun, so we headed for the Atlantic coast hoping for a change of fortune. Carnac is a small tourist beach town, and is home to an apparently significant (but utterly under-whelming ...

... 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 ...

It's true. The French really do say "Oh la la!". I heard my first one on the train on the way to La Rochelle. La Rochelle is so SUNNY! It's the sunniest city i've been to in Europe so far. That could have also been because Gem lives in the middle of a marina. We are, literally, surrounded by nearly 3,000 boats. Traveling there made for a VERY long day. I awoke at 5am in Berlin to get to the airport for 7am. There were no customs like i thought there would be, so the wait ...

Yesterday I went to speak with Mr. D. about on of my courses, just to find out what is actually going on. I wasn't actually that brave voluntarily - I emailed him first (as my written French is much better than my spoken) and he replied by saying "come and see me on Tuesday". Bother. So, in I went. My word, now wasn't that wild! How embarrassing! Note to self: I should really learn some ...

... towers. But, I did say something intelligent while I was there : « je voudrais prendre un photograph ». Josie, the French-Canadian, cracked up laughing. « What, what ? » I asked. « You just said you wanted to take a photographer ! ». So, note to all : Photo (French) = photograph (English) Photograph (French) = photographer (English) Don't fall into the trap! There were places to climb up on ...

... out she actually arrived yesterday, but stayed in a hosel last night and came here this morning already). She fiddled with the key, but it would not open. Then I had a turn but still it would not open. I even knocked myself against it - felt very gung-ho. Or, at least, I would have had the door budged at all. Then Rebekka had another go and ended up kicking it - then it opened. Having been told how awful it was, I was expecting something ...