Camping Le Littoral Talmont Saint Hilaire

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 :-) !!!

Hello,
After a week in Angers, where we stayed taking some rest at our gran parents house, we aheaded to Les sables d"olonnes, where we are going to spend 2 weeks at the shore. Look forward to it. I have been there 2 years ago. Great place to built sand castle, my cousins are coming to visit me....it is going to be a great 2 weeks.
Enjoy the pictures

Remy

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.

... go up the bell tower. And the view was stunning (even if climing the stairs was terrifying). And I could see our shadows down on the village below, atop the belltower! There was just something really fulfilling knowing that you were casting a giant shadow on the wall of a house in a French villiage. Anyone else done that lately? Then there was just enough time for some amazing ice cream before heading ...

... I did find stopping a bit of a problem and the image of my body leaving an impression on a tree was never far from my mind. Some off the rope crossings are quite nerve wracking even if you know that you are securely clipped on and you definitely need to have a head for heights, good balance and body strength if you tackle any course seen to be suitable for those over nine years of age.

... We checked-in amazingly quickly too, somehow avoiding the long line of those who had self checked-in by getting assistance at the desk due to our RTW tickets. Bought some New Zealand wine at Duty Free, the lady trying to help us receiving some inner scorn for suggesting a South Australian plonk when we specifically asked for NZ wine; You'd expect that kind of geographical ineptitude from any number of countries, but someone from the mother-ship? Suppose she ...

... breaking down 70 miles away from the campsite and having to be towed unceremoniously through the streets on the back of a trailer; several nice castles, horseriding, beaches, an aquarium on Noirmoutier island, real downtime and red-wine in the sun.

... Hillaire (4 miles away), and really enjoyed it. We toured a castle that Ric*************heart had stayed in, and visited an Art Exhibition . Jard sur Mer (a cycle ride away) offered a great choice of local fruit and vegtables, cheeses, wine, bread, dried sausage (which I got quite hooked on.) The area is superb for cycling, as it is very flat. We rode down to the marina ...

... Pte du Croisic ronden halen we warempel de 120 graden en maken tussen de 5 en 6 knopen, terwijl er nauwelijks stroom staat (snelheid over de grond min snelheid door het water is nul). We zeilen vlak lang de kust, het is stralend mooi weer en voor het eerst is ook de wind iets aan de warme kant. Na vier uur komt langzaam de monding van de Loire in zicht wat te zien is aan de mammoet vrachtschepen die voor hoog water liggen te wachten. We houden ze scherp in de gaten, want het is ...

... in France Marie's family took me to their beach house in Sables d'Olonne and saw a bit more of the coast again. I went to a party hosted by one of the French exchange hosts that night which was good fun. Sunday was spent just finishing packing and Marie and her family took me for a walk and ride on the horses, around the back of their property, following the river, and ending up behind the castle in Tiffauges. It was really pretty and such a nice sunny day. I ...