Inter Hotel Grand De Nantes

... were fab...really nice day walking around. Jason decided to watch villa on the internet instead of going to local french soccer game. they lost 2-1, maybe its better if he doesn't watch as they seemed to do better the last few games when he wasn't watching. Had a really good dinner tonight, regional specialty (crepes again) with apple cider.

heading south again tomorrow, and we'll see how far we get and where we end up.

Ok, so we arrived in Nantes....bit of a nightmare to park, but all good. Found a very centrally located budget hotel (1 star) - cheap and cheerful. We had booked the small room, but as that turned out to be on the fifth floor, we opted for the luxury room (an additional 4 euros a night) on the first floor. Is quite big, with ensuite bathroom. Well, actually, its more like the room is ensuite to the bathroom as when u open the door to the room u walk right into the ...

... 4) gaze as the sky turns from grey to white to peach until finally golden shafts of light pierce through the trees…and the list goes on and on!

Amazingly the sky was clear blue by 9am. The last few mornings it has taken until noon before the fog has burned off. We’re in for some scorching days ahead, but this is what we’ve been waiting for!

Decided to veer off the canal about 50km before ...

June 19, 2009

So today I woke up and it was rainy. Both my classes were supposed to play baseball but I knew it wasn't going to happen. I gave them a choice. They could work today and play baseball Monday, or they could have a free day inside today and work on Monday. My first class with Emma chose to play baseball Monday so we worked for a while and it worked out. The second class chose to have a free day so we just hung out. It was really nice. I talked with a few of the kids and I ...

... with Cecile and it was driving me mad. After a few minutes, however, I discovered why Josh was conversing with her. She was giving us clues to where the giants were! These clues were very subtle, but they were there. I paid much closer attention after that. Soon the coffee was finished and Josh and I were on our way. We did not know where we should go, and at that same moment we got a message from Steph asking us to meet her at the castle so she could observe the wolves ...

... were just awful during their games, and I lost another ball to the roof. UGH. Then my satanic class was **** too and they are supposed to play a game next time too (thanks to the free star). That is going to be really awful. I ran home for lunch and then came back to my good classes. The first one was alright but the second one made my day. I love them so much. You all should know by now what class I'm talking about. Julien's class. They also got their 5th star so ...

... train station to get Becka. We headed back to my place to cook some dinner and Becka and I bought tickets to Poitiers to see Jeff. He'd been to see both of us and we really wanted to see where he lived, because apparently it's really different than our area. I'm going to visit next weekend. Then we headed to Rachels to celebrate her birthday. There was a huge group of people and it was really fun. We went dancing after. Then the three of us headed back to my place. I ...

... couchsurfing. Am 18. london, aber dann am 23. februar 9 uhr morgens werd ich in luebeck ankommen. Also, falls wer am flughafen is...und ich hab ablolut keinen plan. Spaeter dann indien; ansonsten mal schaun. Skiefahren war toll, ich kann jetzt jede Piste runterkommen, und die letzten 3 tage sind aurelie und ich sogar wieder freunde geworden. Schonmal etwas.... naja, mehr spaeter.

... Nazaire has a strong naval history. The town has a legacy of shipbuilding and has built some great ocean liners such as Normandie and the Queen Mary II. We also learned that much of St. Nazaire was destroyed during WWII because the Nazis had a U-boat base in the city. Ironically, the U-boat base still survives and houses an interesting ocean liner exhibit. Today St. Nazaire still builds cruise ships as well as assembles fuselage sections for Airbus aircrafts.

... now horizontal listening to the radio. My guess is the bottle of Rosé had something to do with that. Had a meal, chatted and at 22.00 I drifted towards the music. The atmosphere was lively and inclusive. The wooden panelled dance floor still had some room so I made my was over to show off some moves. There was a mix of ages from 7 to 70 dancing to a range of pop, Latino and rock classics. Slightly devoid of early 20 to early 30s ...