Grand Hotel Du Lido Argeles-sur-Mer

... we join him on his boat for dinner that evening so he could try his hand at a Ratatouille recipe that a friend had taught him. We took him up on this offer and said we would be back at 6pm with the wine.

The hike up to the fort on the hill wound up country tracks through grape vines… They make wine here and I don't think I have ever seen vineyards so close to the sea. We had definitely moved into a different region as the earth ...

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we are nearly finished with france after two weeks, we have been very lucky and had sun the whole way!!!! no one told us that pretty much all the camping closes in france at the start of september so we have struggled to find places to stay; but , managed!! hoping that tomorrow we will get to ...

... and also you can do a lot of activities. So we thought that we could speak about our surroundings that we know very well and perhaps that can help the people who wants to visit our region.
We hope you will enjoy, the nature, landscape and monuments from the Alt Empordā - Girona - Spain.

Come and discover them!

... is really doing her best at understanding spanish and making out some of the sentences but sometimes it somewhat fails for her - particularly if Iīm not paying attention... her favorite thing to say is "Si si esta bien" and saying that she has sometimes paied for my bus fare or tickets at sights... but the best was at the Hammans... į

Given that it is our first time there the lady "tries" to explain to us in "english" the steps to follow and what ...

... the sun the i definetly recommend this for you kids ,adults,uncles,aunties,
grannys and grandads.

... quickly..como un sueņo.

I left Paris on September 14 on a train to Avignon. As I was entering my car on the train, there was a little commotion with a man trying to find space for his luggage. I quickly realized this was Peter Asai and his wife, Karen (friends from my previous life in Eugene) who I hadnīt seen in many, many years. Life is funny and sweet and....como un sueņo! My friend, Sherry, who ...

Arrived Banyuls around 3.30 yesterday afternoon. Spending the next couple of days in Collioure soaking up the sun and relaxing until my flight home on Wednesday. Will plan to update the blog in detail when I arrive home.

Cheerio for now
Amanda x

... cards in the upper decks salon. Sometimes the rolling of the yacht would cause our cards and chips to slide about, but overall it wasn’t too bad. If anything it just added to the excitement and adventure of it all. Although it looked like I was going to win, in the end a few bad hands lost everything.

We arrived in Marseille around 9:30 PM. It was windy and cold in Marseille, so no one felt like going out ...

... to use it. It's been so relaxing just to arrive at the Gite or Refuge and just take a bed for the night. At around 10 euros it's hardly worth unpacking the tent. I have continued to cook for myself all but one evening to keep the cost down. The French don't really understand the concept of not eating meat, so if I were to take the evening meal in the gites/refuges then it's guaranteed to be a cheese omlette everytime. Whereas tuna pasta hits ...

... or deter from cobblestone streets, speciality shops, boutique wineries where most have been carefully operated through genereations of the same family. Simple. Good. In fact, I probably have to elaborate a little bit more on that point ... there was a winery every kilometre (or so it seemed) with often just a shack as shop, (although some of these shacks have the most incredible view over the ...