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- Tues 30th AugustDropped tent to basic. Mended F's puncture but missed the 6 evenly spaced other holes - French children are darlings - we now have to get another inner tube. If only they were as nice as English children with riots, STD's and Posted by Antagonist in S Team Summer | Aug 30, 2011
- Monday 29th AugustP went and got the bread. A went to the supermarket for supplies and then we had breakfast. Drove to Quend Plage to the north. The tide was right in so we perused the street market but it was a bit tacky. Made it Posted by Antagonist in S Team Summer | Aug 29, 2011
- Last Day in ParisIt’s our last day in Paris. Tonight we take the Eurostar to London then fly home tomorrow. We’ll start our day with a boat tour and see how the rest of the day goes. The tour was Posted by Leo and Mo in Where in the world are Leo & Mo? | Aug 19, 2011
- Paris - day 3Our bodies are aching as we try to cram in as much of Paris as possible in three days. We start each day with a full itinerary, fine-tuned over a croissant and latte/expresso breakfast, but it doesn’t take long before Posted by Leo and Mo in Where in the world are Leo & Mo? | Aug 18, 2011
- Leaving ParisOur last day in Paris, we had the best day. It was kids day for Corey and Patrick. We had fun. We got to see Paris's questacon - called the Paris Science Museum. It's the biggest science museum in Europe. Posted by Coreypat in Our 2011 trip overseas | Aug 24, 2011
- Saturday 27 August 2011It wasn’t until after midday that we headed out, but we managed to fit quite a lot into the day considering. We wanted to see a few more of the abbeys and chateaux in our Cathar passports, so we Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Aug 27, 2011
- Thank you to some new friends!We meant to stay in Montpellier as a stop-over on our way to Nice, but as it turned out our hotel is in a suburb a LONG way from town. Shawn was up for some hiking so he set off Posted by Pelham Family in The Pelham Adventure | Aug 29, 2011
- Monday 29 August 2011This morning we headed off for Mirepoix, which we’d heard was a nice town and has a Monday market. It was about an hour’s drive, beyond Carcassonne and then south, and when we got there it was a little Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Aug 29, 2011
- Sunday 28 August 2011We set out just after 8am for our planned trip to ride the Little Yellow Train through the Pyrenees. The trip to Villefranche de Conflent was meant to take 2 hours 9 minutes according to Google maps, but we Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Aug 28, 2011
- Friday 26 August 2011We were a bit slow to get moving this morning but after some discussion on where to go, we eventually headed out at midday to the African Safari Park about an hour away, near the Mediterranean coast. We took Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Aug 26, 2011
- Thursday 25 August 2011We had the morning at home today and I did another question of my assignment, and then we headed out at midday. We drove for about an hour to the Oppidum d’Ensérune (to the east past Narbonne and then Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Aug 25, 2011
- Wednesday 24 August 2011Helen and Rod were up packing this morning, and the 6 of us had our last croissants and coffee breakfast together before we all said our goodbyes and they headed off in the car a bit after 9am. It’s Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Aug 24, 2011
- Tuesday 23 August 2011We got up and repacked (not a big deal for an overnight trip!) this morning, and then went out for a bit of shopping down the main street from 10am when the shops opened this morning. I haven’t really Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Aug 23, 2011
- Sunday 21 August 2011Helen, Rod, Geoff and the kids headed off this morning without me to Peyrepertuse so that Helen and Rod could see the castle, and as I’d already seen it, I stayed home and worked on my uni assignment that is Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Aug 21, 2011
- week 1After a hot sweaty 33hour flight we finally landed in Bordeaux on a lovely summer day. No time to rest, our stomachs wanted french food!! For the whole week the dining table showed a full spread of pastries, wines, cheeses, crusty rustic Posted by mcgoubi in European adventures | Aug 29, 2011
- Wednesday 23 February 2011After the packing process taking so long last Wednesday, we were up at 6am this morning packing. Krista came at 8am to return our deposit, and we got everything together and headed to the bus stop at about 8:10am. A Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Feb 23, 2011
- Tuesday 15 February 2011I was fairly snowed under with work today so had a quiet day at home working. Geoff took the kids out at about 1pm and they went first on a tour of Paris’ underground sewers, then to the Musée des Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Feb 15, 2011
- Monday 14 February 2011Our main excursion for the day today was a bridge walk – I’d thought it would be nice to wander along the Seine crossing back and forth over some of the bridges. We left home in the early afternoon after Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Feb 14, 2011
- Sunday 13 February 2011We had a few things that we thought we’d do today, but didn’t get moving as early as I had hoped. First we caught the Metro to the Bastille station, and after having a quick look at the Place de Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Feb 13, 2011
- Saturday 12 February 2011We didn’t venture too far today, just a few hundred metres up the road to the nearby “Le Grand Rex” theatre by the Bonne Nouvelle Metro station. We walk past the Grand Rex often on the way to the train Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Feb 12, 2011
- Friday 11 February 2011After a late start this morning and an early lunch, we walked to the Louvre, getting there just after 1:30pm (there was virtually no queue to get in this time). We picked out a few things that we wanted to Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Feb 11, 2011
- Thursday 10 February 2011I had to be up for a work meeting on Skype at 7am this morning, but the rest of the family was up a bit later. We then had the same artisan from yesterday around at about 10:15am to drill Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Feb 10, 2011
- Wednesday 9 February 2011At 8am this morning an “artisan” (which I think would translate to a tradesman in English) came around to look at the moisture problem in the apartment. It’s been better since we’ve had the kitchen window open following Stephane’s visit Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Feb 9, 2011
- Tuesday 8 February 2011Not long after we got to Paris we wrote a list of the things we wanted to do here, and we’ve now done everything except visit the Louvre, so we can take the next week easy and do a few Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Feb 8, 2011
- Monday 7 February 2011Today was Gailyn’s birthday, so she opened the present she got in the mail from Dad and Rose and her cards when she woke up. (We let her open the watch we bought her last night, seeing that her birth Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Feb 7, 2011
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