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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. […]
6 October 2003
More sightseeing It was a grey drizzly day and we started today’s exploration on foot, walking to Galeries Lafayette department store. We weren’t shopping but the view from the rooftop is supposed to be quite good. To my surprise the store was quite shabby in parts but very big with a very nice atrium. I […]
5 October 2003
Arc de Triomphe to Eiffel Tower Breakfast at the hotel was nice, consisting of rolls pastries with ham and cheeses. The coffee was nice and there was plenty of hot milk for café au lait. There wasn’t any fruit, but I think that’s because the French are more into their pastries first thing in the […]
4 October 2003
Killing time in London We slept till 0900 today and had a late breakfast at our budget London hotel today. We have a flight from London Heathrow to Paris Charles de Gaulle at 1500 today, purchased at a very cheap price on British Airways. That means we have a few hours to kill before heading […]