Premiere Classe Arles

... and get the plane to Singapore. We should be sleeping in a hotel bed this time next week at Bintan Island and while this has been a fantastic trip I will be glad of a bigger bed and some luxuries.

Very warm regards to you all - we are missing the dogs heaps and we pat as many here as possible.

More news soon but not sure where from - it may not be until Bintan.

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... of the dishes (which were written in a flowery script that made the names even harder to decipher), and the waiter struggled to translate. So we thought, well it’ll all be good, and none of it seemed to be brains or tripe, so we each ordered one option of all three courses. One of the first courses was no longer available so we both had a salmon dish. Now I’ve eaten a lot of salmon but this was the best ever – firm ...

so today we arrived in Avignon (where I lived for 6 months when i was at university). I kept pointing out all the new arrivals and shops and Jason so kindly reminded me that they had 15 years to just 'pop up' so maybe they weren't that new after all.

had a very yummy dinner at a resto called New Ground (but typical french service). Tomorrow we need to fix the rear break light in the car (very nicely pointed out by a ...

... made reservations because we saw more than one couple turned away tonight. In fact, when we asked if we needed reservations, the owner said, "Oh yeah!"

Lucy started with the trio of salmon: mousse, tartare and smoked. I had a vegetable terrine with parmesan cheese and tandoori flavor with parmesan cheese ice cream. The tandoori flavor was very subtle and the ice cream was a nice counter point, I thought. Dill ...

Believe me you don't want the story but here are a few photos and videos of what was a wonderful adventure for the most part.

The bull running was a random and free event - just next to lovely beach. Camargue horses are breathtakingly beautiful in the wild.

Unfortunately no photos of characterful and cultural city of Arles because only took the camera out one day - the day we went to The Camargue obviously.

... luptele cu tauri sunt inca foarte actuale. Vestea buna: viata taurilor este scutita (or so I am told :))). Dupa spalatul ochilor pe stradutele dragalase, vizitatul arenei si niste shopping, decidem ca e timpul sa ne indreptam spre urmatoarea destinatie: parcul regional Camargue, in delta Rhonului. Incercam sa rezervam un "jeep-trip" inca din Arles, din pacate astea sunt doar la ore exacte, una prea devreme si una prea tarziu pentru programul nostru. Poate vom gasi ceva acolo...

... on my lap in the lobby of the hotel trying to keep the Internet signal. Supposedly there is free Internet, but like most things in life you really get what you pay for. In this case, without the laptop there would be no Internet. Perhaps the universe is trying to keep me on my trip and not writing here...on that note, we had a funny thing happen last night. My mom keeps wanting butter for the bread here and since none ...

... she would be home Tuesday. I showered (for the second time in 12 hours because I can't stop sweating here) and got ready for dinner at L'Apostrophe with Robin, Ginger, and Elisabeth. We ate some amazing salads then got some ice cream at Ice to Ice. Tonight was supposed to be salsa dancing night again at the CoCo Bongo but like the rest of IES, we were all too tired to go. We stayed at the Pub for a while and ...

... I ate a quick petit dejeuner and walked with Elise and Issiakah to school. He starts at 8:30 and I was at 9:00 so she offered to walk with me to class so I wouldn't get lost. My first class of the summer was Immigrant families in France in the 20th century. My professors name was Bruno Bourjac and I didn't understand one word he said. He sat at the front desk with a packet of papers and read the lecture to us. I was ...

... and Grease. Of course, both movies were available in French. The English Patient was bearable in French, but Grease became a French musical. The "cool" accent of John Travolta and the T-Birds in French was hilarious. I decided a little nap during Grease would be a good idea. I got about 3 hours of sleep all together which was more than expected considering I have trouble sleeping on planes. We arrived at ...