Le Mas du Pommier Gagnieres

At the Chateau de Malerargues, surrounded by trees everywhere, Sebastian has voice training for the next couple months. The work consists of a mixture of breath, movement, and massage, as well as singing, sounds, and group work. It's hard to describe exactly what goes on, and each day is different. But the isolation, beautiful weather, and delicious fresh foods make for a great place to work, relax, and reflect. So why do so many people have so many nightmares here?

... 1/5 de sa surface. Cela donne des formes naturelles auxquelles le sculpteur donne une signification en ajoutant le plus souvent un visage sur une silhouette drapée dans des replis naturels. Le résultat est souvent d'une beauté surprenante.
Donc à la semaine prochaine pour les photos.

Ensuite l'aventure continue à Pékin

... in skimpy firemen outfits squirting water cannons into the crowd... i could not get over the size of the tour parade. It almost took away from the riders coming through!

But yes the riders did finally come through at impressive speed and we watched it all from our trackside spot on the finish line! simply put amazing... off to Mt Ventoux tonight to try and get a decent spot trackside to see the hill climb tomorrow.

Until then...

... 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 ...

... was rustig genieten van ons brood en de natuur. Voor we naar Salavas vertrokken, had men ons verteld dat we heel voorzichtig moesten zijn aangezien er veel water en we enkele watervalletjes op onze weg zouden tegenkomen. Na 2 watervalletjes, die we probleemloos namen, vertelde ik tegen Ben dat dit maar zeer platte watervallen waren en dat ik er al eens ergere had meegemaakt in Tsjechie. Net op dat ogenblik zagen we onze volgende test: een ...

... and headed 60 miles up into the mountains of the Cevennes National Park to reach my family's ancestral village of Genolhac, France. The population is about 800 and it is a clean, tidy village set in a spectacular mountain setting. There was still snow on the tops of some of the mountains and it was quite cool. My family lived in the area from 1300 to 1700. They lived in a nice three story stone house in the center of the village from about ...

... get in there to pick you up. You're committed! I hope to do that on my last day as today the Mistral is blowing sharply down from the Alps. I hope I make the 32 kilometre Grande Descent tomorrow. If not, well, I'll just have to come back again! After my trip was over, the fellows who picked up the kayaks and drove us back to base broke out wine! Only in France!

... which Brian claimed not to be able to identify, Jen was less than impressed. Fortunately we found another motorway which headed us in about the right direction northwards, though east of Lyon. Whew! Jen had sussed out an interesting place to stay and although we thought we had stumbled into it when we were advised where to eat that night, we were in the next village, at a place with the same name. What an amazing dining experience - Fabrice who is chef at this ...

... Bonjour, what flavour ice cream do you have?" The weather turned cold on a visit to a French town in the hills, encouraging Marc to purchase a typical French jumper!!!! The sunny weather and scorching temperatures (35 C) were good practice for our upcoming trip to New Zealand and Australia... only one month before we depart... not long now!!

... we mixed the gin and the Kas and passed it around the bus. We arrived to the beach, ate lunch, and went for a swim. The sea is cold! I jogged for a few miles along the beach, it was great! Jogging on the Mediterranean. When I came back one of the teachers had found the empty gin bottle in Brian's backpack and we were in trouble ...