30 July 2008

Off we go into the wild [probably rainy] blue yonder...


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That's right, folks. It's about that time... what time? Oh, camping time. Tonight/Tomorrow morning (4am), we are taking off on our big 3-week camping adventure in Bretagne and in Bordeaux. We're taking off in the Partner with the trailer containing everything we could possible need attached to it.

I've never actually been camping in any sort, so this will be a new experience for me. Michel assures me that its not "real camping" as we're staying in camping sites as opposed to the forest, but still... being in a tent is probably wild enough for me. I'm very excited to try it out, and to see north-western France, as I obviously have never seen it before. Unfortunately, it rains almost all the time in Brest/Bretagne... so, we're taking umbrellas and tarps and I've purchased a k-way (windbreaker).

So yeah, tomorrow we (Michel, Rémy and I) take off from here, then go to Montpellier to meet up with Marlène and her brother, and then we're off to La Rochelle. We'll be in Bretagne for about two weeks, then Marlène and her brother will come back for a wedding and the rest of us will meet up with Claire and Cédric at Soulac-sur-Mer (near Bordeaux) to spend our last week on the beach/eating seafood etc.

We'll get back here (Miramas) on August 18th, after which I 'll only have THREE days left in France, as I leave for Cincinnati on August 21st at the CRACK of dawn. It's very eerie to think about. Anyways, more on that (and the Avignon Festival) later... Not sure how much later, but hopefully today. If not, well, I won't have internet during vacation so it'll be awhile.

Ciao for now all! Bisous and wish me luck!

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