Hotel Le Saint Georges Poitiers

... around the pool in the sunshine for a week, until the weather changed and became more autumnal. Helene left us after a fez days, and we stayed on our own in coussay whilst papa, maman and granny went back to Thouars. It's nearly the end now, only one more stage until we come back home!

... of some pretty unusual buildings surrounded by a proliferation of cheap touristy hotels.
Undettered we paid our money and got there early. It's good to be pleasantly surprised sometimes. We had a fantastic day and only left at 10pm.
Basically it consists of a series of buildings housing different audio visual experiences ranging from Imax theatres, 3D experiences, 4D experiences and culminating in a fantastic evening show with amazing light and sound effects. We ...

... around, but I just caught glimpses as they legged it, so to speak. Excellent!

Sooty wasn't so sure, I'd given her the choices along the lines of 'Hey, Sooty-paws - walkies or bed?' and she'd screamed walkies, walkies, walkies in a very high-pitched bark whilst jumping madly around. So, I'd taken that as a yes. But in 32 degree sunshine, she soon started to wish she'd chosen option B and taken to her bed. She managed 45 minutes before ...

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 ...

... No, failed again. Well, we did pick a good camping spot. Hang on a minute why does it sound like a shuttle is taking off. Oh yeh, we did not realise that we set up camp a few metres away from a train track! At least the trains will stop over night. No, they did not. Even when I was young I never mooned anyone. But this was an outrage. Needless to say me and Alex visually attacked the next passenger train.

... wandering round the market with them (and was treated to coffee and cake) and bought some earrings from a stall as I hadn't any with me and these blue studs were only 2 euro. The drive there and back was beautiful too.

That afternoon it was back out into the garden for more weeding and then a swim in the pool... I'm feeling like a very lucky volunteer especially after the hassles at the start.

Today, Wednesday has been back out on the veg patch with Jan ...

... ticket. That did not work as well. So instead of being late for my train, I decided to just purchase a new ticket and hope I can get a refund for the other ticket ! The train was late to arrive and we were all getting a little scared. There had been an accident on the track somewhere. Our train finally arrives and I was on my way. The train conductor came on the loud speaker and announced the train would terminate in Broxbourne due to fatalities in the ...

Où commencer? J'ai mis du temps à écrire quelque chose pour plusieurs raisons. Premièrement, j'ai pogné un vilain rhume et je ne me sentais pas très bien pour plusieurs jours, donc j'avais pas particulièrement envie d'écrire quelque chose. Deuxièmement, je n'avais rien de bien palpitant à raconter. Bon, je n'ai toujours rien d'intéressant à dire, mais je vais tout de même tenter de plaire à mes lecteurs (oui oui, vous deux!) et écrire un peu de nouvelles. Alors, tout d ...

... I just go to whatever class I feel like going to? Also, Bernicot told me that I needed to take 2 blocks of 12 credits, but that would give me about 12 classes, which are around 300 hours of classes in one semester (without counting the studying and the papers!)... I don't even think that it's possible. In other words, it makes no sense and I don't get it. Tania and I have tried to shed some light on this issue, but in vain. I will have to wait until tomorrow ...

... part of it) and ended up in Les Sables d'Olonne at dusk, watched the sunset, had crepes for tea, then drove back home. The following day we drove to Saumur and Angers, to see their chateaux. The Chatueax at Saumur was closed but the Chateaux at Angers was open and very interesting! I don't remember a lot about that day execpt that it was cold and foggy. Next day, day before Christmas, and you can read the next blog/email to find out what I did!