Hotel Des Pins Soulac-sur-Mer

... today - maybe a third if we can swing it....
we'll upload pics tonight...
a tout a l'heure! (see ya later)

we had two more lovely tours and another huge meal - then we were off to the Dordogne valley on Friday

i'm beginning to think that there isn't enough France to walk for the amount of food we're consuming...

... that people are still living in and walked around in the soft sand again. Had dinner in a great little Pizza shop where I somehow managed to get anchovies on mine…I guess that’s the fun of ordering food when you can’t read the menu or speak the language.

Now it’s trying for sleep with acorns raining on the tent. Oh the trails we face!

... Hearing the bells ring takes me to a completely different place.

Leaving the campsite this morning I made a stupid mistake: I forgot to fill the water bottles. Only the last few dredges left over from yesterday remained. With constant sun everyday, we drink a lot of water! Carefully I eyed each town we went through for a tap, a public fountain, or other campground to sneak into, but nothing. Getting desperate for water (even though it was ...

This marathon has a different theme every year. This one was "Ciricus" We dressed as Scottish Clowns and ran with 9000 crazy people dressed up like mardi gras running 26.2 miles (42KM) and hitting 22 wine stops along the way. We drank between 1.5 and 2 bottles ...

... across from the Law Courts building and its colorful gardens, I was off for another ½ day of driving to reach Bayeux, my base for exploring Normandy. But before I headed north to the coast, a stop in one last famous beverage-producing town was warranted, as Cognac was only 30 minutes from Saintes. Driving along small country roads past fields of grapes and other crops, I had arrived at Cognac. Even though I hadn’t saved time in my schedule to tour any of the ...

... kere macera yaptin ona da geyik yaziyon. Yok Luxemburg soyle, yok yerde don var. Ayri sayfa yap o zaman vatandas eglensin bi miktar, heyecan olur evli barkli tayfaya ;)))"

Alinti yaptigim arkadas kusura bakmasin...

Cevap veriyorum:

a) Hakikatten aile var. Bu blogu coluk cocuk, annem babam herkes okuyor (vay be buyuk yazar olduk!)

b) Yazsam bile filtrelemeyi bilmiyorum, kisiye ozel olmuyor, herkes gorur.

c) Ayri sayfa cok ...

... Please note that the above statement about body odor is largely for dramatic effect. (The shower part is absolutely true.) We have in truth encountered unpleasantly fragrant Europeans on only a few occasions in two months of travel. My son Jack's sandals, when worn without socks, trump anything in Europe short of Epoisses, the legendary stinky Burgundian cheese, in terms of sheer obnoxious smelliness.

... her foot. As the foot swelled and she couldn't put weight on it, a call to our pediatrician back in the U. S. confirmed that she need a medical evaluation. Since the local doctor was closed, an ambulance took her to a clinic 30 km away. Luckily, it wasn't broken, but it did raise an interesting issue. The total bill for the ambulance, x-rays, doctor's consult, etc. was 22 Euros, about $30. We can only ...

... I was still crying hard Mom sat me down and Dad went to get some ice. He took about five minutes, and when he came back, I was slumped, but still cyring. The people from the place said I could use a towel so the ice wasn't too cold. First Jack got his hair cut, then Alex, but when the boys were finished I said I would like to. It hurt moving my foot but Dad carried me to the chair. After the haircut I couldn't put weight on it, so the people ...

(Amy) Is there any such thing as the perfect moment? I think there is and here's mine: We've just finished lunch on the beach, rare tuna (not quite plunging through the waves thirty minutes ago, but close), with a demi-bottle of local rose that quickly turned into a full bottle; a huge expanse of sand bordered by coral-roofed houses; a husband who is more relaxed and ...