Mercure Nantes Gare Sud 3

So decided to stay a second day in Nantes....hotel was in fab location, but loads of bars right outside the hotel, thank goodness for double glazed windows!<br><br>Went to the local saturday market this morning, geez, i love the french markets. took us about 20 mins walking around just to figure out what to eat. <br><br>Off to see the chateau this afternoon then maybe to a soccer game (Nantes vs. Nimes) this evening.<br><br>Chateau ...

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 ...

Awoke to a world of misty-grey fog. Couldn&#8217;t even see the opposite bank it was so thick! Sitting in the peace you can hear birds you cannot see and the occasional plop&#8217; of an acorn makes the cool water ripple at your feet. <br><br>Didn&#8217;t get a very early start this morning as there was so much to do! 1) listen for fish jumping 2) photograph crystal spider webs 3) watch a heron hunt off the end of the ...

... cool is that? So we hung out with her and another French teacher the whole night. It was a lot of fun. They mostly talked about their schools of course but I didn't really feel left out.<br><br>June 21, 2009<br><br>Happy father's day!! Today I woke up early again because the two girls we met up with last night (Genevieve and Hannah) wanted to go to the market that we went to yesterday. So we met up and headed there. It was a lot of fun again. The Sunday market is a lot larger than than ...

... We soon find out what it's for. We hear the cymbols crash together and a blast of blue and white paper shoot up into the air. It's the lost letters! This is how the giant decided to deliver them! Steph and I run to obtain as many letters as we possibly can. This was the idea of many people and it became very crazy very quickly. I was pushed and yelled at like I've never been before. I did grab about 20 letters however, so I am quite happy. I have yet to read them. While ...

... more important than missing a couple classes. What's great about France is that they didn't ask me about insurance, or even what my problem was. I asked if it was possible to see a doctor today, and the receptionist goes "is 9:45 ok?" It was pretty sweet. So I call in and then wander around for a while until my appointment. When I get there I wait for a while and then the doctor stops by the waiting room and says "Madame Karpoo?" Ugh. haha I get up and follow her and she asks ...

... went off. No one moved or anything, and the alarm just kept going for like a half an hour. I thought it was funny, but Jeff and Cara were very annoyed. Oh well. March 29, 2009 We lost an hour today, so now it's back to being a 7 hour time difference. It's about 1pm now, and Jeff is still sleeping. haha I'm not sure what were going to do today. I want to take him to see the elephant but it's not going to be up and running because it's Sunday. It'll be all caged up. Hmmm.........

... separaçao da Igreja e do Estado Frances com adoçao da Republica Laica. A cidade de Nantes tb foi importante porto do trafico negreiro e no castelo dos duques de Bretanha tem grande cobertura sobre esses assuntos. Passei 3 noites na casa do Cyril, que mora num apto de ares burgueses, com pe direito altissimo! Engraçado que antes de viajar eu tinha um certo grilo de me fazer hospedar por homens, mas agora ja chutei o balde! Na minha experiencia, ate agora nao tive um ...

... of my Casio camera I purchased 7 years ago - a camera good at the time. Picture sizes are bloated and you can't even select a resolution of 1600x1200. Selection in the shop was small and none of the Casio models I specifically wanted were there so I had to make my best guess. Rant over. The internet cafe was full of kids playing network shoot 'em up games, shouting through me to their other team mates. After 3 hours it started to ...