Etap Hotel Poitiers Sud

... and Jan of my concurrent adventure and a welcome was extended for me to come and help out. It sounded like a nice time, so I figured why not? I shot them an email, I was invited, I shlepped out to Chinon (which is in the middle of nowhere) and here I am 15 kilometers away from Chinon. Thus, I am 15 kilometers from nowhere.
For the past three days I've earned my keep by--guess what?!--painting! Yes ...

We spent our last ten days of travel at the family farmhouse in Coussay, reunited with the French family and introduced to the brand new and shiny swimming pool which was constructed whilst we were away. I managed to try the swimming pool 2 minutes after arriving, and we managed to ...

Moby is running well. We stopped slightly further south than originally intended as we decided to spend Wednesday at Futuroscope. I might be doing (and most probably am) the French a complete disservice by suggesting that some years back, some brainstorming went on as to how to attract tourists to this part of France as this is just the middle of France with not much going on in the way of wine or river setting. Futuroscope was the result.
As you approach on the A10 you catch a ...

... through the woods. I saw the snakes that everyone has been telling me about an I've been miffed not to see. Unfortunately, not the full body, but a wonderful glimpse of a green and yellow snake's tail-end, even that was around 2.5 foot long and the body as thick as my wrist, to have seen it in its full glory would have been brilliant, but it was busy getting away from me and didn't speak english to come back and pose. There were then ...

Distance covered: 54.6 miles

So a pretty basic day. After a few miles of cycling we climbed up the stairs under an overpass for a nice sheltered spot for lunch (obviously because it was raining... again). Fortunately, the rain stopped and the sun came out in a big way (bigger than if Bear Grylls came out).

We cycled a stupid distance as ...

... hope that the drivers aren't looking at us and thinking what I thought when I saw monsieur crazy do his MJ impression.

With the sun out we started to look for a place to say. As luck would have it we found a beautiful free camping spot next to a lake. Now we felt it necessary to follow our natural manly instincts and go hunting for rabbits. We obviously failed. But surely we can start a fire with all this fuel we ...

... at the Liverpool Street station. That would take me to the airport. I bought my ticket online the night before. The web site said you could buy online in as little as 1 hour before the train leave. All you have to do to collect your ticket is go to the machine and put in the reference code. Well guess what ! That did not work. The reference code printed on my receipt was 1 character too short. And you had to use the same credit card you used to purchase ...

... one of which was the schedule for masters students. I don't understand sweet **** all about that schedule... It has to be, undoubtedly, the most poorly conceived piece of planning ever made. Not only are the classes given at different hours from week to week, but the professors teaching them also differ! Moreover, one same class can be given more than once during the week, but with different profs. So, now, am I supposed to try to follow one class with one prof? Or ...

... until I have to go home! It's gone so quick, it's not fair, I want to stay longer! I would love to stay for another 2 months!!!! I better go...tea's nearly ready and Marie has made pavlova for dessert... Cya later bye lv ella A few of the plans changed in the days to come after I wrote that email, for one, we didnt end up going to Chambord, I cant remember why though. Instead we ended up going for a drive along the French coast (just a ...

... It was very good, but it was under renovation. Dylan: In Chauvigny we saw another church very similar to the last one, but this one had some sculptures of weird animals. When we got to Poitiers we went straight to the Youth Hostel. Raymond's Travel Page