Citéa Clermont-Ferrand

... guy who was smooth but did nothing, the endless supply of pastries from somewhere no-one could see, the damping pummeller which only worked for 30 seconds at a time, the ogling of the pretty woman waiting for the train …

Rochelle and Sue negotiated a 108 euro discount for our problems with the boat, while we were away … which ...

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 ...

... lifetime of horse-riding skills come to the fore and I grip the monster between my knees. Finally, 5 minutes of pure bliss - not what you're thinking - the hottest, fastest shower I have ever had. When I grabbed the towel after, though, I realised the extent of the disaster - it was soaked. My fleece was dripping, and my cargoes looked as if I shared an incontinence problem with the bloke on the boat the other night. The ...

... 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.

We had another entire week of French classes, all day every day that week. We thought that we would take it easy and only go to Clermont for the weekend. Clermont is like the big city near my city, think the Toronto to Burlington, well maybe even the Hamilton to Burlington. It has the home university and it is a much bigger city, since we live in a very very small town, I think only 28,000 people in the city alone. Anyhoo we were partying on a nightly basis, whether it just be at ...

... Very cute, very clean. That night I met up with some people from my class, very randomly and we went to the Horse Races at the Hippdrome. It was pretty neat, and everyone was pretty cool. They had a heard of begals come out too, with guys on horses dressed in traditional English hunting outfits too. It really made me miss Kosmo. That night we headed to Le Gloulais. That's our pub. They love us there.

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.