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The Winds of Toulon
At some point overnight, the skies turned from clear with tons of stars to cloudy and rain. The weather change didn't really make for a rough seas, however. As we pulled into Toulon, France, I could see that the skies were clear on the western horizon, so there was hope that they would be clearing over the city and we’d have a nice day to explore Toulon.
Due to the ship’s size, it is unable to dock in Toulon ...
"weekend" is "weekend" in French
... for about 30 minutes and then another 40 on the bus ride. Turns out they were from Boston, the gentleman had just retired and so they were touring around France for 3 months. The woman had lived near Nice as a child for a couple years so it was kind of like coming home. ALSO, they had two children who were adopted from Korea! I don't know about you all, but I don't meet many people with kids who are adopted, so when that was revealed we had so much more to talk about. ...
Story time....
... right...throaty noise. haha) and she looked at me and said, "I have no idea what you said. What are you trying to say?".....meh.
But it's funny she said i'm a good driver. Those of you who have ridden with me in car, such as Kasia, can vouch for the fact that I am not the greatest driver in the world. But i guess according to French standards I fit right in! we have the need for speed in common.
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Oh! kayak time!
... gars et il menvoie son employe, Fabian. Si je comprend bien, il nous passe le kayak pour une demi journee, comme ca, seulement avec veste de sauvetage, sans guide, juste stephane et moi sur la mer. bon ok! il nous explique un peu de faire attention aux rochers car il y a vraiment beaucoup de vagues! bahhh, cest pas si pire que ca! on se lance! moi jadore quand ca brasse un peu, stephane lui, euhhh, il na pas lair tres rassurer, lol moi je trouve ca tres drole! on fini ...
We sail the seven C's
... which brought to mind the face of Sainte Rosaline.
Soon the forest opened up to the grounds of the magnificent monastery of La Chartreuse de la Verne. But before we enter the building, let's get the name straight. The “de la Verne” was easy—at the base of the mountain on which the buildings sit there's a river called la Verne. But Chartreuse? Why name a monastery after a liquour? Or maybe it was that the nuns wore bright ...