Palmyrotel La Palmyre-Les Mathes

Hot long day, so after only about 30km of fighting our way through beach towns seeing people sun bathing and eating icecream, we decided to join them! The bikes came down to the water where there were beautiful white cliffs rising off of the same and we scorched ourselves for a few hours. I thought we were getting lots of sun being on our bikes all day in it, but nothing ...

... Hearing the bells ring takes me to a completely different place.

Leaving the campsite this morning I made a stupid mistake: I forgot to fill the water bottles. Only the last few dredges left over from yesterday remained. With constant sun everyday, we drink a lot of water! Carefully I eyed each town we went through for a tap, a public fountain, or other campground to sneak into, but nothing. Getting desperate for water (even though it was ...

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Lastly, I must make note of the very creative and attractive signs that can be found along France's major highways announcing/advertising cities in the area. The two-tone earth-colored signs included the name of the city/area as well as a tasteful depiction of a building, symbol, plant, historical event or the like for which the city is known. The uniform look these large, billboard-sized signs presented was classy and the the information they offered was ...

... taking a breather, we headed onto Rochefort where there were three options in close proximity.
After a quaint drive through tight city streets of Rochefort in a 2.55 metre wide bus, we arrived at the god awful Camping Municipal. No thanks! I looked at the description of the Aire we were after and it mentioned spaces behind the Captinerie.

I looked up the marina on google maps and made a beeline for it and by 8pm we had found (made ...

... gormemistim.

Adaya vardigimda aksam olmustu. Her tarafi turistik mekan oldugundan cok kalabalik beklerken, bir de baktim in cin top oynuyor. Sanki ada sakinleri bana saka yapiyor, sokaklarda bir allahin kulu yok (Alacakaranlik kusagi) Eyvah, sokakta mi kaldim derken, galiba koyun tek oteli, iki yildizli bir otel buldum (La Square). Aksam gec gelirsem arkadan girmem icin sifre verdiler, hakikatten de biraz dolasip 22:00 gibi ...

... varis saatlerini hep planlamak gerekiyor.
Ornek olsun diye onumuzdeki gunlerin planini soyleyeyim: Marsilya'da Pazar'dan once gun yoktu, Pazar'a Persembe'den yer ayarladik, arayi doldurmak gerekiyordu. Ayni gune yer bulunamadigindan cuma da adada kalmaya karar verdim (hem rahat rahat gezerim hesabi), Cumartesi Bordeaux mu, guneyde bir yer mi derken, Bordeaux'u bir kac saatte dolasmaya geceyi de bir guney sehri olan Beziers'te gecirmeye karar ...

... renovated everything them selves and it's gourgeous very new england by the sea feel light and area in all nautral colours and fabrics you need to book well in advance to stay here as they are very bussy all year due to being open 5 years and in lots of magazinzes, papers and all guide books.A very relaxing place to stay a definate must.

Possibly a bit useless creating a travel blog after seven months of that other blog. This site is actually quite a bit better! More inspirational, detailed, travel-centred and easy to use. Must tell Ellie about it. France is awesome. www.hollj.blogspot.com

... read Ken Follet, especially Pillars of the Earth, being there you would think you had walked into the book. We then headed down to Pornic, a little seaside town where they were having the annual Pornic Carnival (much to the girls delight). We spent about 4 hours checking out the carnival and rides. The last ride of the day for the girls was horrendous. Watching Jordan's face as they were getting thrown around I kept saying to grant she ...

De CPIE en CPIE. Me voilà insulaire sur l'ile d'Aix pour trois mois. Je jongle entre les iles ! Je vais en manger des huitres, des moules et du bulot ! Sérieusement, l'île d'Aix est une petite île située au Nord du Pertuis d'Antioche, entre l'île de Ré au Nord, l'île d'Oléron au Sud, et Fouras à l'Ouest. Cette île, réliée au continent par voie maritime (compter 20 minutes de bateau) possède une forme de croissant et possède une longueur de 3 km (à vol d'oiseau ...