Mercure Nantes Beaulieu

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

... I met in Sheffield during our HSBC training! Anyway, 2 north African guys were then met by the aforementioned large men and rapidly whisked away in front of our eyes before they could have said (in French) "Jack Robinson". I think it was perfectly legit. As long as my hairdresser car boot has remained unbroken, I'll be happy. I will know in the morning.<br><br>Football-wise, Villa are still unbeaten since I left. Blackburn tomorrow!! Jamie is tremendously excited!!<br>

... after tearing that apart we had some wonderful clips to work with. Sewing them together with some spare nylon cord made a great synch strap for the bag. <br><br>Our compression bags are also showing some wear. Brain is so good as compressing them as tight as possible that the material is beginning to rip. This is easily repaired with some more nylon chord as well. Hopefully this will last us for a little while longer!<br>

... and said "MADAME??" I didn't look because I obviously don't know someone who would call me that and I'm too young to be a madame. So I didn't pay attention. Then she grabbed my arm and said "Hey, I'm just trying to get to your friend." Turns out it is the French teacher at the high school that Steph is going to be teaching at next year. The person that she will be seeing every day next year and collaborating with just happened to be in France in the city that Steph happened to be living in ...

... the giant, and she's doing the most amazing thing. She's actually allowing the children of Nantes to ride on her arms. She is a very kind and gentle giant. This looks as if it will go on for a long while, so we head to where Rachel and Carina are. On our way, we get messages from Josh telling us where the uncle is. We figure we can meet up with the other two later and head to see the other giant. We find him walking behind a huge canon with cymbols in front of it. How ...

May 7th, 2009 So, I wake up this morning and I'm sick again. Sick like during Spring Break. Since I don't want the same thing to happen to me that did in Madrid, I freak out and call Emma and Aidan's mom, Julie. She tells me that there's a doctor's office right by my school. I was thinking great, I don't even have to take off work for this. But I get there and take the first appointment, which was right during my first classes. Whatever. I figure that fixing what's wrong with me ...

... though and had fries. That place is run by an American and his French wife. It's SO tiny and because it was Saturday it was SO crowded. Jeff and I had come late so we weren't really even eating with everyone else because we were at another table. We left as soon as we could. We headed to Cara's to hang out and then we went to karaoke of course. I'd been telling Jeff all weekend how awesome Cara is at karaoke so we had to see her in action. Then at one point the fire ...

Aqui estou eu em Nantes, celebre lugar da assinatura do famossissimo Edito de Nantes, que teve por objetivo acabar a carnificina das guerras de religiao entre catolicos e protestantes. Obvio que nao funcionou muito bem e acabou sendo revogado pelo Edito de Fontainebleau, assinado por Luis XIV.Depois, a Revoluçao Francesa finalmente instaura a liberdade de culto, com base no famoso artigo 10 da Declaraçao de Direitos do Homem e do Cidadao, mas é apenas em 1905 que ocorre ...

... searching verges and stopping off at all the mayors offices on the way. 22Km of going back on the route I had just come, with no guarantee of success. So that is what I did. Scanning, asking walkers on the way, stopping in all the Mayors offices. No luck. My email address was on the SD card in the camera and I left my address with anyone who would have it. I'll check my email in Angers but I hold out little hope. Luckily I ...

... and terminated at 2:29pm, right on time. It was another scenic and interesting trip as at Bordeaux the electric loco was swapped with a diesel, allowing the train to travel on the longer coastal route via La Rochelle, which isn't electrified. This line was getting a lot of work done, as we travelled past several work groups on the route. The untouched parts were still made up of short sections of track bolted together, really getting the "clickity clack" sounds ...