Hotel St Jean Niort
21, Avenue St Jean d'angely, 79000 Niort, Poitou-Charentes, 79000, France
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Day 14 - St Aubin de Comier - Marans
... of scope for finding alternative routes.
We got nowhere near Bordeaux in the end, but bailed out around 6.30pm at a town called Maran. Being Easter weekend and the town being one of "scenic beauty" meant that accommodation was hard to come by. We tried to check into a character-less hotel complex, thinking that would be the best bet because they had loads of rooms, only to find they were fully booked.
Mike once again ...
We explore Niort
The weather was still cool and damp, but we still enjoyed the charm of this city 40 kms west of our house sit. It is situated at the entry to the Charente-Marais recreational area of swamps and canals, which we will explore later this month, but there were still some lovely bicycle trails along the river.
The Donjon fortress was as interesting for the ceramic exposition displayed there as it was for its own 11th C sake.
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On marche a les marches.
... the crowd seemed more than the organizers had expected. Indeed, walking up the main road at one point the road narrowed between booths which should not have been so tightly arranged, and the resultant bottleneck caused the crowd to pack in so tightly no-one was able to move, let alone shop from the said booths. It took us about 20 minutes to get through the half block… it was a little bit frightening for a few minutes, but the crowd was all ...
Sitting Pretty
... but the hot tub is), satellite TV and cases upon cases of books and DVD movies. We are responsible for feeding and care of five cats and five chickens, but that is actually good news, as it forces us to stay put and relax. There are weekly markets on different days in the nearby towns, so that will get us out for a few hours here and there. We went to the market in Melle this morning, about 20 kms from ...
Das 2. Seminar in Saint Jean d'Angély
So, nun war es also so weit, all die anderen Ökos wieder zu sehen. Ich habe mich wahnsinnig gefreut, als ich mich auf den Weg zu Johannes, einem FÖJ-ler in der Nähe von Quimper (im Süden der Bretagne), gemacht habe. Ich habe ziemlich lange mit Bimmelbahnen und Zwischenaufenthalten gebraucht und dann auch noch einen Bus verpasst, aber Gott sei Dank ist Évlyne, seine Einsatzstellenleiterin, nochmal wieder gekommen, um mich von der Haltestelle mit dem Auto abzuholen (es ist ja nicht so, ...



