Best Western Hotel Gergovie Pérignat-lès-Sarliève

Andy and I went to the train to go to Nevers and pick up the car. We spent an awesome hour waiting for the train, watching the workers re-sealing the opposite platform – the slow work, the apprentice who had to do all the running around, the foreman with the cell phone, the project manager who was the only one allowed to walk on the tracks, the ...

11/06

This morning we decided to pack the car and go after lunch so I could do the washing. This is when I checked out and was told we stayed one day too long. Anyway we made our way across the south of France then we turn right to the centre to head north ...

... be unable to see it! The next day was Sunday and John spent a futile morning searching for an open supermarket to buy a few basics, but they were all closed - they certainly observe the Sabbath here more than anywhere else we've been so far! Luckily he found a small Spar open - must be owned by heathens. After lunch we visited one of the extinct ...

Hi everyone I survived the bike and barge after completing about 350 ks for the week. The weather was sensational except for one day that we got caught in the rain riding home one day. Luckily we were near a village that had a bar so the group of 18 took the place over and sat it out. Martin the barge pilot and tour director claims he will not be able to go back there again. The food was amazing with a 3 course hot meal everynight, breakfasts and at ...

... Apart from a French motor home parked beside the main block, we are the only ones here. We parked at a distance from them because the sun was finally out and the pitch we chose had the most exposure to the setting sun. Much good it did us, because within the hour the clouds had arrived and an hour after that we were in the middle of a spectacular thunderstorm. It's now raining steadily and we've decided bed is the only option.

... shapes. The rain slowed me down a bit, and I arrived about 1:00 in Vichy for lunch with a retired church couple who live here. The name Vichy will long be associated with the seat of government of Philippe Pétain, who collaborated with the Germans after the fall of France in 1940, when he was 84 years old. He was arguably France's greatest hero from WWI (or as the French call it, the "14-18 war"). But as a reaction to the moral dissipation ...

On Le Weekend we met a group of the French kids and clearly they fell in love with us. So shortly after that weekend they wanted to party with us again as soon as they could. And did we ever. Quentin had a number of us over to get to know us a little better. A couple 40s later we were much better acquainted. It was the start of a beautiful friendship.

... is in our class invited us to her house for the weekend in the big city. We went shopping during the day at an actual mall : ) and ate some delicious Mac Do's. (McDonald's). We pre-drank, tried some Absinthe, drank some vodka, pigged out on some pizza and all of us girls got ready. I think everyone was there, Kate, Stacie, Chelsea, Katie, Victoria, Ruby, Ashlee, Jutta and Thais. We then went to a small party with Thais's friends, drank some more and headed to the club. The BBOX ...

So, on September 1 we headed to the Gare de Lyon and made our way down to Vichy. Its about 3 hours by regular train south to Vichy. When I got the station a girl from my school met me and took me right to my dorm. I was super nervous about this. I really wanted something nice to live in, and thankfully my dorm is perfect for me. It was super clean, had a shower, with pressure, toilet, and kitchenette ...

Mida lähemale linnale, seda vichysemaks ja vesiseks ka ilm kiskus. Seetõttu polnud me seal väga entusiastlikud turistid ja käisime vaid tiiru linnas ning maitsesime kraanidest vett. Tegemist oli sooja ja väga ebameeldiva maitselise veega. Seega 0,3 € topsi ostmine vee degusteerimiseks oli üsna mõttetu. Vichy külastamist jääb meile meenutama karp pastille.