Am still walking on air, as the experiences have been amazing. I have taken a heap of photos, and as a picture paints a thousand words, here are a few !!!!
Natalia and I in her Castle, Landifer
Inside the castle, on the stairwell (one of about a hundred!)
In Saumur on a bridge over the Loire River
Catch the castle in the background!!!
And then Bayonne, a little town which was initially a army base in the 14th century, and it has not changed much, except to say it is the most beautiful place on earth, and it has captured my heart!!
I stayed in Helenes parents apartment, it was heaven!!! They are called Michele and Elisabeth, I think they are going to be my new inlaws!!!! (dont say anything to Sam about my plans!!)
Sunset in one of the little quays in Bayonne
The brige over the River Adour
Bayonne Ham!!!! Just don't show me ANOTHER PIECE PLEASE!!!!! Pigged out on the stuff!!
And then I went to Biarritz, glitzy, showey Biarritz, like the Gold Coast in Australia, only full of Spaniards, and wanna be's!!! Lots of flesh on the beach, and I went and sat in front of this beach on the casino, and had a 120 dollar lunch!!!!
This is the casino, and then that was the lunch!
It took me two hours to eat as I took every little bit of langoustine flesh out, washed down with a pitcher of sangria, and I wobbled home afterwards!! Where is a man to lean on when you want one!???
The FASHION in Biarritz is as glitzy as the town, and prices start around the thousand dollar mark!! No show of a little shopping here, as shoes started at around 600 NZ dollars!! I could just see the stars swanning around the place. I kept an eye out for George Cloony, to no avail!!!
So, I settled for being on my own....... look at these beautiful hydrangeas!!
So my time whisked past in the south of france, and then it was time to hit the train past Bordeux and beautiful fields of sunflowers, back to Paris!!!
And it was around about here, that I got chatted up by the train's cafe guy, who thought I would say "yes" to going back to Paris and open up a restaurant with him!!!! He he, this old chook can still cut the moutarde!!
And on that happy note, I leave you for now!
I am off at the crack of dawn bound for Instanbul!!! What awaits!!? Only excitement I hope!!
Chao for now!
Daphne
Wow, lucky you off to Istanbul - my favorite city in Europe :). Safe travels. By the way we finally got our house (hence not much from me as we have been pretty busy). Well I guess someone has to be enjoying themselves!! Make the most of your travels and keep put of trouble!!
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