Le Pigeonnier Provence

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Since we have until the 5th off Becca and I decided to take a trek up north to see some loire castles, bretagne, and the mont saint michel.

well apparently since the south of france gets about 300 days of sunshine it has to spend a years worth of rain in one go, and there was crazy flooding on friday morning. it took me a very awkward hour and a half car ride with eve yo get to school. of course when i got there my teachers didn't ...

So this morning a grumpy linda rolled out of bed at 6 am ready to get on the school bus and start class. yep that's right. i've gone back in time to highschool.....

The grumpiness wore off tho as becca and i trekked down to the bus stop. i can't even describe how beautiful watching the sunrise over the gulf was. the sky had a pink color, and all the hills were a pale blue/ green in the distance the sea was periwinkle. it was definitely a far better ...

Hey team!!!!
so 2 weeks into france and i've yet to write a thing. im so bad at this game. meh.
today i went to the beach, it was wonderful!!!! becca thought it was cold, she was wrong :)

so apparently sainte maxime is infiltrated by german tourists, who knew? the only frenchies on the beach were...well enjoying themselves quite a bit..... ;-)
oh frenchies. :)

omg do ...

Just paid a fleeting visit to St Tropez on the way to Avignon (so we thought)... had to be done really.. a quick wander around and a very quick coffee. It was much smaller than I thought. Lots of nice boats but loads of tourists too.... that was about it!

... handstands and all the rest.... spend hours cleaning the sand out of our bags and clothes! The next day was a stunning 26 degree day.. so so so nice. We never thought we would be at the beach again. Were tempted to stay but found out the next 2 days were not going to be great weather. Sadly we headed off at 4pm to head to Avignon.. Saying goodbye to the med forever was very hard.. and sad....

We also took the short drive to Port Grimaud, to visit this small but new harbour town built in what was once marshland, but is now row after row of condos and homes built in a web of jetties to allow the homes to anchor their boats at their doorsteps. Of course, we would have rather spend our time on the beach, but with bad weather, Grimaud was a nice alternative.

... It should be quite fun although there was a heated debate because Europeans celebrate Christmas on Christmas eve (the 24th) while the rest of us celebrate it on the night of the 25th. There was a disagreement about what day to have dinner and the 25thers prevailed and we will be celebrating Christmas on the 25th, as it should be :-) After Christmas the villa should be getting a bit busier and we have a lot of people coming in for New Years ...

Before I begin ranting about my latest adventure, I would like to comment on the fact that it appears that many MANY people are reading and following along with this, however I have to see anything in the guest book! People, sometimes I feel like I am writing this to nobody, and yet the numbers prove otherwise, I know my mom isn't checking it 50 times a day! a little note saying hello would be a nice treat ...

Départ de St Mandrier Arrêt à Ollioules pour les derniers achats (guide du Maroc, chargeur téléphone et ipod, bouteille d'eau). Départ 12h05 pour Perpignan. On passe par Marseille puis les nationales, pour éviter les embouteillages (journée noire !) Arrêt pour manger à St Gilles - les patates sont pas bonnes et puis y'a pas de haricots, d'oeufs, ni d'olives ...

Well, i am now in Nice. I got here at a horrible time of 3:30am. If you travel and can avoid getting somewheres at crazy times, do so. It is not fun i can tell you that much. All is well now, i took a nap at my hostel and its all good. I left Barcelona yesterday and im sad to leave it, how i loved Barcelona and will return one day for sure. As well, Tuesday night a new girl came into the hostel, her Name is Lauren. Well we got along quite ...