Etap Beziers Est - Montimaran Béziers

... is hands down my favorite way to travel. At first, it seems very intimidating, but you meet so many people so quickly. I had pictured myself being alone for the whole time, but honestly, I have not had a single dinner alone. The idea of eating alone is not even an option because there are so many people to hang out with. What is also very cool about traveling is that all the people you meet are mildly interesting ...

... in many harbors, this one was very industrial and the city center wasn’t just at the end of the ramp. It didn’t take long for Nickie and Noel to feel a lot better so all the girls put on their pajamas and brought their pillows and blankets to the main salon to watch a movie. It turned out to be a cozy, warm and comfortable evening with popcorn, snacks, drinks and cuddling all up in a huge blob with the girls.

So I'm going to nix Portugal from my plans. I started getting a bad feeling when I called them the other day in order to confirm my arrival and they had no idea who I was. Maybe I spoke too fast, but they seemed really confused by my arrival. I sent an email to the guy and he seemed really mad that my dates kept changing and he told me it wasn't worth their time if I came less ...

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 ...

<br><br>So here I am, I finally arrived in France. After a difficult goodbye at the airport, I was on my way to the great unknown. But before I started that, I had to go to the bathroom&#8230;and brush my teeth; one<br>thing at a time here. My flights all went really well and I never had to wait more than one hour during my connecting flights. I had a wonderful delicious airplane meal ...

... hill full of massive bugs and locusts. It was this night I had my first freak out. We were drinking wine whilst engaging in philisophical convosation when I heard a noise which sounded exactly like Hyienas. When I turned to see six massive badgers I ran and screamed like a small girl to my tent. The most embarassing part is that I hadn't registered them as badgers and I was screaming "Hyienas!!"

... bah d'accord. Et quand dois-je y être?<br>Bah dans 4 jours!<br>Ahhhhh, me dis-je intérieurement, mais non!!! Ok, donc on voit tout ça lundi.<br>A bientôt!"<br><br>Bon, super, je viens d'apprendre que je pars mardi en Hollande pour 4 mois et je n'ai qu'une journée pour tout organiser.<br><br>Super, bon bah sur ce, on va aller à la plage, peut-être est-ce une mauvaise blague et que il n'y aura plus rien ce soir ;)<br>

... gomlek onden bes dugme acik, firlama kilikli biri, Stephan; kizin kocasi. Oda hazirlanana kadar beni yan kebapci sahibiyle tanistirdi: Yozgat'li Mehmet. Yirmi yildan fazladir buradaymis, cocuklarin yarisi burada, yarisi memlekette. Neyse, demli bir cay ikram etti, agzimizin tadi yerine geldi.<br><br>O sirada Stephan'in kardesi oldugunu tahmin ettigim, daha firlama biri geldi, Mehmet'e yalama yikama, Paris'ten gelmisler ...

... Locarno. We visited the Castle Montebello, which is the middle of three castles. There was a wedding taking place while we visited as well as a concert being set up in part of the castle for that evening as the start of a music festival. We all enjoyed the castle but it was getting late and we wanted to see Locarno before needing to find a place to sleep. Locarno was a larger town/city on Lake Maggiore and there was a large music festival starting that weekend in town, featuring Peter ...

... the place, cannals with fishing boats intersect the main streets in town, there's a nice park and library. we decided to try and get a cheap place to stay. we wanted cover from the wind. a nice librarian pointed us in the direction of a bad attitude and expensive hostel which we opted against. a guard of the city park offered us the park to stay in, on the sly, well ¨we can't be too sly lifting 100pound bikes over 7ft tall fences, so we had to ride ...