Pullman Marseille Palm Beach

... weekend has put me right back on track, though, and so hopefully uni work will follow suit. Also got a lovely postcard from Dad looking over Holnicote, great to hear that everyone at home is well, even though I think I sometimes forget that life still carries on there when I'm not around.

Bon soir to all, from a very happee Charlotteee
xx

P.S Managed to get to one of the markets in town this week, got a full bag of fruit and vegetables for about 5€!

... yesterday, Saturday, and it is cooler but still nice. The trip here was spectacular with many olive groves and big mountains. Today we went on a tour to Les Beax - another medieval town with a castle - poor Graham and on his birthday too. Then we went winetasting and to the premier olive oil producers in France. The Mistrql was blowing on the tour and it was very cold but warmer back here in the camp. Tomorrow we explore Aix on foot then we go to Avignon.

... ask where they will sleep and what they will eat?" Yep, I reckon that’s about all they do. Jesus was lucky; he never had to score WiFi. But he could multiply fishes; now THAT’S cool.

Sometimes I tell my wife when I feel she’s not being appreciative that all she has to do is close her eyes, click her heels three times, then re-open her eyes and everything she needs is right within her grasp ...

... another. We were laughing about how much effort it was taking him to get almost nowhere when the guy in front of us slammed on his breaks. The guy in back of us, rather than slamming on his brakes as well, seized this as an opportunity to pass four cars at once! Absolute lunacy, I tell you! We thought we had front row seats to a high-speed head-on colision for sure. The best part is that he saved less than 30 seconds with that maneuver. He turned off the main road a ...

... scorned, and this is a company that even moved into ex-PM Taksin’s Thailand. That takes some cojones muy grandes, amigo, about the size of oranges; you should see them suckers. This is important, not so much for this week as for the future, since I’m considering spending time here. If I’m ever going to ‘get French,’ it’ll be here, or southern France at least. I’ve seen one restaurant in the mall with ‘ ...

... One of the people we saw was sitting with her legs wide open and had her arms in between her legs like a gorilla. She even had a banana! Then my brother and I said is that a man or a girl or a gorilla? Write bac, hope you are having a great summer! Bye; Parker

... a few. We took a ride on a small tourist train that winds through the old streets and gives a narrative in multiple languages. After the tour, we walked around, visiting some of the shops and gardens and just soaking up the atmosphere. Cities like Aix that have survived and evolved over millennium are to me one of the best reasons for traveling. If you look carefully, you will see ...

... to our first game of the tournament to see the All Blacks play Italy in what turned out to be a ruthless display in how to play top tier rugby. Some good tries, but after only 10 minutes or so the game was beyond Italy, who were probably more focused on the forthcoming Scotland game. Andrea and Chantal managed to see Jonah Lomu and were lucky enough to get a shot of the ...

... been a pretty easy straight forward day on the trains turned into a long, long, long and complicated day of train hopping and wondering if we were ever going to make it to Spain. After purchasing our tickets the day before, we got on our first train no problem. When we got off in Toulouse to catch our connecting train we realized our train was not listed. After inquiring about our train we found out that all of the local ...

... walked around town. Like I was saying, Marseilles is a dirty town outside of the main Port Vieux. This area is the oldest port city in France and the only area Marseilles seems to focus on maintaining. We strolled around here and learned about Absinthe from a very nice shop owner. He spent about half an hour explaining about the infamous drink and everything we would want to know about it. Much of the Absinthe in the world is produced ...