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30 August 2007
Above: Toulouse is also known as the Pink City because of its brick buildings. Today I make my way back to Auckland alone, while Kim makes his homecoming three days afterwards with his parents. The reason for this is that he’s spending a couple of days at a car event at Goodwood in southern England. […]
29 August 2007
From our base in Toulouse, we had the day for tripping around the area. We chose to drive out to Carcassonne, over an hour outside the city. We started our drive with a look through the fence of the Airbus factory. Having captured no worthwhile photos yesterday, we felt compelled to swing past the factory […]
28 August 2007
Condom I never thought I’d see Catholicism and contraception come together! But it kinda did at the pretty little town of Condom, about an hour from Marmande, which had the Cathedral at its centre. By the way, the French call the rubber thingey preservatif instead of condom, and there is no relationship between the name […]
27 August 2007
Lunch by the Atlantic From Nantes, we needed to head south to Toulouse by tomorrow, which was over 5h away. More with rest and sightseeing stops. Because our pre-booked accommodation in Toulouse starts only from tomorrow night, we decided to play it by ear and see where we end up for the night. Less than […]
26 August 2007
Mont Saint-Michel This morning, we got to visit Mont Saint-Michel after departing from our nightstop in Avranches. During the drive, we were excited to see the silhouette of the Mont Saint-Michel in the distance through the haze, through the right side of the car. The road took us through a large sweeping curve before arriving […]
25 August 2007
Breakfast was served on the sunny lawn. We had nice long chats before packing up for our drive to Mont Saint-Michel about 5h drive away. Text continues after this gallery. The route took us through Le Mans where Kim, being the eternal car fanatic, was very pleased about. He visited the museum and […]
24 August 2007
Marie and Kristina joined us in our little rental car this morning to drive down to Lou’s place an hour south-eastish of Paris. The area is called Douchy and the nearest village, where we stopped briefly is called Courtenay. We learnt later that many French people don’t know where that is and they often resort […]
23 August 2007
Having been here in recent years, it’s nice not having the pressure of visiting the “must see” attractions. We just roamed the city, went into some shops including a Toyota dealership to look at some new models. Best of all, we could just relax, eat, drink, absorb the atmosphere and enjoy the company of friends. […]
22 August 2007
We were only in Paris four years ago and I never expected that we would be back so soon. I’ve made really good French friends in Paris and we decided to see them in their home ground. I love Paris but it’s even better with friends! There’s Marie who lives in Paris itself and Lou […]
21 August 2007
Above: Bad photo of wind farms in the sea north of the United Kingdom. We reached the United Kingdom from the north, spotting some wind farms in the sea. We landed at Heathrow about 1100 and took the tube to our hotel, the Cromwell Crown. Having been to London in recent years, there was no […]