Le Clos des Bruyeres Vallon-Pont-d'Arc

found a great little town in Provence.. and as they say "when in Rome (Provence)"... we had a great meal in true french restaurant... happy to be away from tourist food... and had some very nice red wine........ just a stopover but a friendly little place and nice hotel...

on the road again...

Après un été bien au chaud c'est bientôt le départ vers l'Orient...
Si je suis encore le nez dans mes valises ma tête est déjà partie.
Dans une semaine je serai de nouveau autour de Shanghai pour rencontrer des sculpteurs de racine. Sculpter des racines en Chine est un art presque codé; on doit d'abord trouver une racine d ...

... like a BIG W or KMART and again ask qbout GPS. The lady who spoke even less broken english than the man in the hardware store looked over at the security guard with a odd look on her face. We tried pointing and saying GPS a few more times in the hope it would translate to French.

But to all of our amusement the lady stops and gets semi animated and says 'we we G-P-S' and points to a glass cabinet on the floor behind her desk. We ...

Possibly the most romantic destination EVER, the Chateau Du Bijou is very beautiful and totally away from it all, but only just! We spent the weekend exploring the Ardeche and Drome
areas, situated either side of the Rhone Valley, which are both also really beautiful
and unspoilt holiday destinations. No crowded beaches, but fresh rivers
for ...

... me dire où je peux trouver la gare SNCF dans cet aéroport?" (Excuse me, ma'am, but could you tell me where to find the train station at this airport?)
"Certainement, monsieur," (Of course, sir) and then she continued to tell me to exit through customs, turn right, and walk straight for another 15-20 minutes to an area between Terminals 2C and 2F, and voilà, the train station would magically appear. Or so it seems...

With my carry-on in hand, I briskly ...

... external approach and when one first sees it internally. It is so high, perhaps 5 or 6 stories. There are colonnades and 3 central entrance doorways from the rooms behind the stage, as well as the wings of course. I remember a figure of 6000 capacity mentioned somewhere, but thinking about it afterwards, that must have been in the C2 AD. Not so many modern sized bums would squeeze onto those seats.

Equally impressive with ...

... Hes carrying bongos casually strung round his neck, a mass of dark curly hair squashed under his cap... smiling he greets me and jumps in beside me. "Its the wrong way round" ...he says indicating the drivers seat..."yes ..I nod..its no problem ..really ive got used to it" ...
He warns me his mum - Marie - is quite bohemian ..and i realise Theo has not had a chance to forewarn her of my arrival. But she is lovely and greets me warmly. I have a comfy ...

Only for Brenda! Driving down the upper Ardeche gorge on the outside of the road with 1m retaining walls and vertiginous views. Big lorries using all the bend were coming the other way ...

... uitgeprint voor 2 (dezelfde) goederen met dezelfde bestemming. Dit kon echter onmiddelijk rechtgezet worden:) Oef! Na de middag hebben we de werking van de 'binning' geleerd en zelf uitgeoefend. Dit wil zeggen: alle goederen die in de container zijn aangekomen in het systeem scannen en op de juiste plaats in het magazijn zetten. Ditmaal zonder fouten!:p De rest van onze middag hebben we gevuld ...

That morning we went to walk around the castle again, and then on the bus to go to a beach. Along the way we stopped a supermarket to buy our lunch. Brian and I went to look for the special Manzana Verde they used to make our new favorite drink. We bought a big bottle of Kas, as well as our lunches. Off again to the beach. On the ...