Hotel de la Tour de Nesle La Rochelle

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... our cheese (of course), but had cassis instead of wine for a change. We also had a little friend - a feral cat decided to come and play around my bike.

Stopped a little early of our goal this evening as there was a campground on route. Not having any reference as to what may lie ahead makes things a bit more complicated. Every night is a bit of a gamble of: do we stop now or do we risk it? Some tourist ...

... I didn't photograph all the things I cooked, but in some cases I needed to remember how we put the meal together on the plate so I tooks some pics to make it easier to replicate these dishes in future. Nerdy I know, but you will thank me if you come round for dinner one night and the food looks really pretty!

xox Hannah

... and I would bring in the courses and then Id sit and eat too, David would join us occasionally or otherwise do the washing up. One definite benefit of doing a cooking school over noemal cooking is someone else does the washing up!

During the break in the middle of the day I'd read outside in the shade (such beautiful weathr whilst I was there), go for walks in the french countryside and pick some blackberries or get a lift into La Rochelle or Surgeres to ...

... alignment of ancient menhirs that outdate the pyramids. I was not impressed, but found Carnac itself to be a great wee place. Plus the sun had started shining, which helped. We dined out for the first time, deciding to sample the local seafood, in the form of Moules-frites (mussels and chips) which was as delicious as it was messy.



Day 6: Carnac - Ile de Noirmoutier.
We actually toyed with the idea of staying in Carnac another night, but we ...

... taking a breather, we headed onto Rochefort where there were three options in close proximity.
After a quaint drive through tight city streets of Rochefort in a 2.55 metre wide bus, we arrived at the god awful Camping Municipal. No thanks! I looked at the description of the Aire we were after and it mentioned spaces behind the Captinerie.

I looked up the marina on google maps and made a beeline for it and by 8pm we had found (made ...

... I understood the instructions of the pharmacist, ( she was really good at charades). Not to be undeterred next stop La Poste to change travellers cheques, Yay success. Don't stop me now, I'm on a roll, tobacco shop for lighter fuel for my Zippo, yes! She shoots she scores, not only did I get the lighter fuel I also got, understood and responded to sympathy about my cold and my poor little red nose ...

... opinions at each other. Gosh, French people amuse me. Josée got a bit fed up with the whole thing, but for me, I am glad I went. I think that my French benefited in some small way, and they people seem really, really lovely. But apparently, next week, and the student dinner (there's a student dinner) I am to bring a kilo des tomates. And Josée is to bring the jambon (ham). Oh, and in ...

... is a grammar geek like me, and also really thinks about what he's reading and analyses it, and so we have had some amazing litterary conversations. And after that amazing sunrise the other day, we were blessed with a beautiful sunset... Heavenly. And my favourite colour. And then I stopped to take a photo of the marina by night (after having run down to the beach to watch the end of the sunset). And yes, that is my shadow.

... the Australian youth hostels' guide book I occasionally elected to search for a YHA establishment and even if my age precluded me to become one of the gang I was always made welcome by the young ones. Room comfort varied according to the number of persons sleeping in the bedroom (up to 7, once ) and the number of bathrooms near by. I thought of the preconceived european idea about backpacking and I actually felt pleased to see that there was nothing to ...