Sat Bains

... In the 'Mimosa' I saw Germany beat Poland in the last minute as well. There are three matches this night.]   Lamalou-les-Bains was a small town off the main road which advertised at its turn off all manner of activities such as swimming, canoeing, ...

... when everyone returns from travels on Mondady. I'm curious to hear what everyone did. A group of 9 of us headed to Aix-les Bains. A Russian boy who had been studying here for the hear also came with-Sergei. He was really fun and nice to talk with. ...

... of birch, oak and other quintessential European trees, for a geocache when the girls woke up, which Anne and myself enjoyed, while RVS sat in the car! After the Swiss crossing, I was kindof hoping for more excitement as we crossed into France! but no. ...

... chocolatey so I could have some.       We took naps after lunch, then drove to Niederbronn les bains, about 15 km. from Lembach. They were having folk dancing and a band concert. Eight young people (probably in their teens) ...

... enough seating in the 'The Avenue' (Gatwick Airports answer to a duty free shopping mall). Finally hopped on the plane and sat next to a couple of live in Switzerland and have a summer home in Scotland. Upon landing in Geneva, went through customs ...

... ride on the bus and my bag still weighed a tonne so I picked the first cafe I saw as I walked into the central square and sat down for some lunch. A cold coke always picks up my mood and that followed by a simple salad with goat’s cheese, a local ...

... this situation) but it was closed for their 4 hour siesta, but a weird bar that was in the carpark (??!!) was open so we sat there all afternoon just sheltered by a tarpaulin and got plastered. We awoke the next morning to more rain and a soaking wet ...

... silver lip rings carried me, as I waited an average of three minutes for each ride. I visited wild hot springs. They sat beside a forest path above the roadway. Someone had laid stone around the springs to create little hot tubs which looked ...

... I dipped our feet in then ran out and took shelter in Cici, the rain didn’t subside so we headed back to the aires for the night. We collected fresh water from another mountain spring then sat outside enjoying a mojito or two before an early ...

... straight up and ended above the arch for sunset.  What a site - watching the sun set on such a spectacular structure.  We sat and enjoyed the beauty as the sweat evaporated off our bodies.  We made our way back to the car and ...

... Caddy to go to the winery, with 5 of us sitting on hay bales in the back!  It was a great time, we all sat at a table and tasted a bunch of wines including whites, reds, sparkling white and sparkling rosé.  The winery we went to was in the ...

... when all was well, so imagine the poor woman's shock when she saw my all-too-obvious injuries! But she soon recovered herself and sat me down with coffee and breakfast and together we engineered a plan for the day. By 0745h we, the bags and the bike ...

... the lake to Evian. It wasn't raining for a change. We stopped off at the local hypermarket and bought ourselves a picnic. As we sat on the banks of the lake eating cheese and bread and drinking wine at noon the all the locals passing would say, "Bon ...

... We went on to the next village, again a ghost town.  we decided to then just go for it so headed to Yverdon Les Bains where we discovered it was actually a regional bank holiday.  We quickly joined the locals in bank holiday mood and sat back on ...

... a Nissan Terrano on standby just in case We Cadac'd our dinner as it was still 30 degrees outside [at 6;30] then sat working out a route home with provision for campsites if we needed them Oh yes Dinner was fish from the Poissonniere and included my ...

... les Bains, both of them famous spa towns. We had a breakfast stop in Thonon before moving on to Evian.  Thonon les Bains is an attractive town, sitting on the edge of Lake Leman (Lake Geneva). The town centre sits above the lake and its attractive ...

... particular offender on a scooter, the hoons seem to be taking it easy tonight. Friday 7 th July Reunion - Cilaos - l'Hermitage-les-Bains Up pretty early but not as early as we think as the church clock bell only goes to 5. The morning sky ...

... what I wanted. Checked back to where the bus stop was, not quite 3km, but yes far and stumbled across Andernos-Les-Bains 34th Jazz festival, what a treat, a free Jazz concerts all weekend...all that was needed now was a nice bottle of Bordeaux... ...

Wednesday 24/6/09    Musee Faure at Aix les Bains For our last full day in the Savoy, we drove back to Aix les Bains to visit the Faure Museum.  We were a little late getting there and, as they close for lunch, we went down into the town ...

... African countryside. The bus journey was fine, although after stopping off in Mossell Bay for a brief lunch, I did find myself sat next to one of the bains of my life while in Taiwan. That's right, sat next to me was a white shirted, tie wearing "Son of ...