Chateau l'Hospitalet Narbonne

... i type.
I travelled down with Juliete and Natacha ( the mum) at around 4pm and we didnt arrive until nearly 10pm. Its a long trip!
On the Saturday morning we took a walk on the beach right in front of the house. It felt so good to be by the sea again =) However Australian beaches are much nicer because the ones here have brown sand and its not so nice to walk or lie on. Plus they are covered in coquillages but they are the most ...

We left Barcelona, Spain early this morning and arrived off the coast of Leucate Plaga around 10 AM. The beach here is rated as the best bare beach in the world and we were here to participate. The weather was cool and overcast so there weren't many people out and no one was naked. We took a tender to shore and chilled for a while before returning to the yacht, disappointed that the weather had dashed our hopes of the perfect ...

Well, finally - after a false start setting out to pick up friends from Pau airport a day early! - first night: moored up alongside the Canal du Midi, just south of Beziers. Some very noisy ducks for company... Bit of a gloomy one weather-wise. Rained last night, but forecast suggests brightening up gradually as day goes on. Slowing our departure from ...

Distance covered: 72.5 miles

It can't be a bad if you manage 41 MPH and diss Jesus by copying his famous pose in a church! It also only dawned on us that we have been cycling through countless Vin yards and NOT stealing. So, grapes soon accompanied every meal. Don't judge me man. This is for charity.

Our spirits were high because we could finally see the sea. We camped on an over ...

Tout le monde sait qu'un voyage de 2 mois ne s'improvise pas et nécessite quelque peu d'organisation. Tout le monde? C'est ce que je me disais jusqu'à ce qu'on m'appelle le vendredi 17 juillet alors que j'étais encore en vacances pour me demander si j'étais intéressé par une prestation en Hollande.
"Allo Pysnoo. Serais-tu intéressé pour partir en Hollande?
Euh??? Ais-je le choix?
Bah en fait, pas vraiment!
Le Cap D'Agde, Languedoc-Roussillon, France alexiapep

... the Grand Canyon - we sat at the top of the waterfall wading around in the cool water.

We then travelled back to a small town called Lunas where we had dinner in the fab chateau Lunas overlooking the river through the middle of town

This was a great way to end our stay in Herepian

... why not" and headed up the hil like mountain goats with Graeme and Sam leading the way. We made it to the top and were rewarded with great views and a sense of achievement (I guess)

After we got back down it was off to the lovely town of Salasc for a couple of well earned beers before heading back to the house for a late night session of chewing the fat and reminiscing

Yep it was later start however Ethan was very pleased to have Graeme up and endulging in an early morning swim. Jen and Graeme went for a walk while we went and collected up the pastries for a late breakfast

After a lazy morning and lunch we headed up the Gorges D'Heric for a swim in the rock pools. It was fantastic and the coolest we had been in days.

Another barbeque and a considerably quieter evening all round!!!

... or worse....but you have to start somewhere!!! The next morning, we had a 6am train to catch to Narbonne, France.....which we almost missed because we slept in!!! Luckily miracles do happen and we managed to get aboard with the 15 minutes we had!...I might add this was because Kris and his quick wit and charm.

The reason we went to Narbonne is that we decided to work on a vineyard near there for two weeks through an organization called ...

... by the side of the canal...not the Canal du Midi but a tributary if that was at all possible. I had an omelette and Anne had a salad. As I may have mentioned before, the French and Italians are sadly lacking in imagination when it comes to food. We took a quick look at an underground Roman storehouse complex but baulked at the entrance fee. Walked back to the car and had an uneventful trip home. AUSTRALIA ARE IN THE LAST 16.