Domaine De Brandois - Chateaux & Hotels De France La Mothe Achard

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.

... to the station here before, so wasn't sure where to get off, but so very fortunately, 2 other young people got on with suitcases, so I figured that they were probably going to the same place as me. When they got off, so did I, which was fortunate, because the station was around the corner, so I wouldn't have seen it until I had already missed the stop. Now, on the train I wrote in my paper journal, so I ...

The Parcours Aventures was the main reason for our visit and it is really well set out. When you arrive and have paid for what you want to do the first thing to do is to get kitted out in your harness which can be a bit of a performance as you wrap yourself in something that would get a bondage enthusiast all hot and bothered. You are then divided up into groups depending on whether you ...

... it just makes all us train affectionados look geeky.....what?!!) Arrived in Poitiers about 3 hours before we left Paris (yes the TGV is capable of time travel too, stop asking stupid questions), and quickly changed onto the La Rochelle train. Sam got a nudge from Francie to wake up as we got close to Niort - a city Francie had wandered the streets of on many a weekend!! In La Rochelle we were greeted by Odile and Oliver, and after hugs and kisses we were of ...

Actually we were at a place called St Jean de Monts, and we stayed in a tent, kitted out by Keycamp. It was kind of fun, if you don't mind endless late night music for the club 18-25 campers.

More to follow.

Highlights include: the ...

... the view was picture postcard-like, however the sea was freezing! On the third night there was an almighty storm, which was fairly spectacular to watch and listen - fork lightning, thunder (like I'd never heard before) and rain (which must have been the size of golf balls.... incredibly the kids slept through it all. Day four, Huw's friend (who we'd met up with down ...

... te laten en de fiets te pakken voor de laatste kilometers. Een beetje inspanning en spieractiviteit is langzamerhand wel op z'n plaats. Na enkele colletjes en een uur verder komen we in Redon.Het is een plaatsje waar het centrum ligt van belangrijke Franse kanalen. We beseffen nu pas waarom veel bootjes afkomstig zijn uit Saint Malo. Je kunt namelijk via de La Vilaine en een aantal kanalen de neus van de Gaulle omzeilen door deze binnen wateren op te zoeken. Dat betekent wel 238 km ...

... 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 ...