La Rochelle aka the first stop

For any of you rare few that continue to check my blog a bit, even though I'm in the States, I thought I'd wrap it up with some of my photos from camping etc. Our first stop was La Rochelle, on the western border of France. We spent 2 nights there, and really enjoyed the city. It didn't rain at all... until we went to pack up and load the tents to go to Lorient. What a surprise.


We paid for parking... then realized that we didn't have to. Super.


A view of the old port in La Rochelle


Some street sidewalk art. Near the old port, at night they have street performers and an open air market. Very cool.


Apparently they're giving tours to *my* island... the Isle of Ré.


Walking around the Old Port.


A little street view of La Rochelle. As you can see, the bottom of almost all the buildings were open like that, creating arcades, or little covered walkways.


Random statue in a random square in the city. Very cool. Very random, as per Europe's norm.


Rémy REALLY enjoyed winding up the lamp that Vanessa gave me for my birthday. I, on the other hand, just plugged it in to charge. Much less time/energy consuming. But it was fun to watch him (see video).