Grand Hotel Dauphine Toulon

It is here, in the train station of Limoux, that I feel I can breathe again. I'm ready for the next leg of the journey. I'm done with WWOOFing for the time being, and it's time to cover some miles. Somewhere in all those layers of Tabby's house is a pair of old rubber boots with holes in the heels. I won't be needing those anymore. So its with a lighter pack, and a slightly heavier wallet, that I have my sights set on Italy.

My plan seems straightforward enough. I ...

... The woman talked about the large mountains we would encounter and how the weather was supposed to be bad for the next week.

When discussing our trip, she said it was ‘beau’. Asked if we had a map - no, transaltion book - no, telephone - no. I said ‘je suis fou?’. But she confirmed, no ‘beau’, but offered us a place to stay at their home. As she started ...

... chair who fell on the cobblestone streets of Capri and fractured her tibia. Like i have said before, some of these people are trying to do things they shouldn't be doing. The movie tonight on MUTS is Ghosts of Girlfriends Past with Matthew McConaughey...don't know if i can convince Bob to go but i think it sounds funny. Tomorrow the weather sounds great for Barcelona so hopefully we will have something more interesting to report. Ciao for now:)

... believe our luck. It was so nice. Still, warm and crystal clear water on sandy beaches. We had a quick swim but knew we had to leave to get to Avignon on time. We then decided that if we found a campsite that was open we would stay. The first 2 we came to were closed and we were sad...but around at st clair beach one was open! Woo hoo!!!! 2 very happy girls. That night we played in the sand like kids ...

... s the moral of the story, right? So I log on and start catching up on days of e-mail, surfage, hotel reservations, flight reservations, MySpace, FaceBook… ooohhh, God it’s warm in here, nice and cozy. I’m in, Trinity, so what do I do now?



Actually it’s nice and warm all over the south of France, while Paris and environs have already entered the autumn. And so the days pass as ...

... bus. I don’t see how everyone can fit. They can’t. When the bus finally rolls in an hour late, only a fraction of the crowd actually gets on. Fortunately I’m one of them. Now the only thing I’m worried about is getting a room in Marseilles on a Saturday without reservations. Buddha says, "Don’t worry," but then he says a lot of stuff. But if any place is possible to get last-minute cheap accommodations it’s ...

... Marseille is just a big seaport that happens to be France's second biggest city and starting place for points more interesting. I am glad I was able to spend a few days here to absorb its unique culture.

But having spent three days here I have gotten to experience the people first hand. Last year in Paris I found the locals to be nice enough contrary to horror stories I had heard from others. Now to all of you whom I told ...

... have caves in town where one can sample the wares and buy what you want. We stopped into 3 different places and had to leave before we spent any more on wine. The first one, Domaine du Pegau, was held down by a proprietor who didn't speak English, only a smattering of Spanish. In fact, it was a bit confusing as he mixed his French and Spanish in trying to communicate with us. He told us the 2004 and 2006 vintages were very good, but the 2003 and ...

... this was Assignment: Richard-he used to play rugby so he wanted me to report back all the vocabulary I could). The players were good, but not as good as the rugby players on TV, the pros. I started to get bored during the second half and I think I ended up annoying Mandy a bit. Oh, well. After the game we walked around the port-it looked like it might be a cool place to visit in the daytime-and headed home. I slept the entire way home.

... Hier hatten wir geniales Essen, Diskussionen über das Reisen, schauten uns geniale Senegal-Gambia-Kambodscha-Peru-China-.. .-Bilder an und gingen am Samstag ans Meer. Die Kamera in einem wasserdichten Sack verstaut, kletterten wir an Felsen entlang in unbesuchte Strandgebiete und schnorchelten in eine unzugängliche Bucht. Okay, bei mir sah die ganze Sache mehr nach Ersaufen aus - ich überlebte trotzdem und verliebte mich in die Geräusche des Wassers - genial.