Les Mas de Vertmarines St-Jean-de-Monts

We stayed 1 night in Paris with Olivier, after we spent 2 days in Rouze in Pyrenee. We finished 1st week of our vacation in Toulouse (trip by canal). Second week, we stayed in Talmont st.Hilaire in Francois´s parents.
Vendee is very very nice :-) !!!

Hello,
After a week in Angers, where we stayed taking some rest at our gran parents house, we aheaded to Les sables d"olonnes, where we are going to spend 2 weeks at the shore. Look forward to it. I have been there 2 years ago. Great place to built sand castle, my cousins are coming to visit me....it is going to be a great 2 weeks.
Enjoy the pictures

Remy

... space between the wheelie bins and the no parking signs beside the captinerie

We'd been on the road four hours instead of 40 minutes and covered 250km.
There are definite lessons to be learned from this:
1. Do not bother if you have a lazy lunchtime chat first and can't hope to arrive before 2 or 3pm.
2. Plan at least three sites first, especially in a barge on wheels, as you might not squeeze into the first couple of aires you find.

... where outside the door is a memorial plaque to a fallen martyr from the neighborhood, and inside the courtyard is engraved in French the equivalent of "Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime." Sadly, the neighborhood is fast becoming a victim of its own success as a tourist mecca. The gentrification of the Rue des Rosiers is taking place so fast that in a few years I doubt it will ...

... breaking down 70 miles away from the campsite and having to be towed unceremoniously through the streets on the back of a trailer; several nice castles, horseriding, beaches, an aquarium on Noirmoutier island, real downtime and red-wine in the sun.

... thumbs up for couch surfing also....I doubt I would have had so much fun without the assistance of a local!!! Thank you Steffie!!!!! And of course I went on the TGV and survived the crepes and galettes....thanks to guidance of Steffie and on another occasion Estelle. Yum yum....my pants will never fit the same again though!!!!! Oooroo

... tegen de steeds donker wordende hemel. We slapen dus van nacht onder de brug! Donderdag 25 mei Nu van slapen komt niet veel! We hebben buiten de regenputten van de brug boven ons hoofd gerekend. Naast het vallen van de regen klettert elke 10 minuten ook nog eens water uit de afvoerbuizen van de brug op ons dek. Dus geen brug meer boven ons hoofd! We wachten op de volgende kentering van het water en varen met zeer laag water verder de rivier op naar Auray het eind punt voor ons omdat ...

... weekend in France was spent in Bordeaux, whhich was a great weekend away! We stayed with some of Marie's relatives and visited places around Bordeaux, including a giant sand dune! That Sunday night all the Aussie and French families involved in the French exchange got together and had a "Vendee Dance night" (La Vendee was the area where we all stayed) which was so funny! And I got to have some Brioche which is the yummiest french food ever! The last ...

Caught the TGV to Nantes and hung out with my old flatmate Celine at her parents house. Her 85 year old grandmother spoiled us and cooked lovely hot meals every lunch time. Celine hired a Peugeot 206 and drove us to a different beach every day. Ate fantastic crepes.

Dylan: In the morning we went to La Rochelle and the Ile de Re. On the Ile de Re we went up to the top of the light house. There were 200 steps to walk up, so it was very tiring. Kit: And we went on a walk out to sea, but we were stopped by the tide. Dylan: Later on we went to Bressiure, which is near Tours. Kit: Tonight we had an American meal. Raymond's Travel Page