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By AleksNemo
December 15th 2009
Being Stalked By Police Europe » France » Aquitaine » Bordeaux
Good morrow to you readers, it's nice to see that you're back again. We woke to our first frost the morning of the 12th at the Total truck stop near Peregreaux, and it was a beautiful blue sky overhead. The windscreen was covered in ice and it was quite chilly. If that wasn't cool enough, there were two white nondescript trucks being guarded in the opposite car park by about 30 Gendarmerie, who I think are like region police. They were heavily armed with H & K G36 machine guns and armadillo-like riot gear. We once again tried to look innocent [View Full Entry]

AleksNemo - Aleks & Nemo | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 25th 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=462622]

Trucks and Frost at the Truck Stop
Fruits of the Vine (Sans Fruit)
Place de la Bourse

By TheVeitchTrip
November 1st 2009
South of France Europe » France » Aquitaine » Bordeaux
On Tuesday we landed near a tin shed in the south of France also known as the Bergerac airport! Mum and dad's friend from college, Lynne picked us up and then drove us to their huge farmouse where we would stay for three nights. When we arrived we were met by her children Zenya, Devlyn and Sebastyn. They showed us around the house (I slept in the loft which was cool) as well as their many barns and sheds. The next morning we went to a nearby village where we got baguettes. In the afternoon we drove to Monflanquin, which was [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 1st 2009 | 28 Views | [diary=449859]


By Letapaka
October 2nd 2009
Kvardagen Europe » France » Aquitaine » Bordeaux
Kvardagen har endeleg senka seg over livet til Johannessen. Etter to månadar med feire og ein månad der ting nesten er kome i gang er det godt å endeleg verkelge være i gong. Eg har slått rot nokså nøyaktig 30 min i frå universitetet og trivst med det. Etter å ha leita lenge og vel, budd på sofaen og litt rundt om kring var det glimrande å finne stad å bu. Eg hadde hatt det som premiss at eg ville bu med franskmenn, og det gjorde at det heile trakk litt ut. Eit innblikk i korleis det er her får det [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 2nd 2009 | 50 Views | [diary=441449]


By RPR
September 13th 2009
Bordeaux Europe » France » Aquitaine » Bordeaux
Bordeaux was the overnight stop from Paris on our way to Pamplona. Had time to see the main sights and down a few more Kronenbourgs. A really pretty city, but alas just not enough time to enjoy it fully. [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 13th 2009 | 15 Views | [diary=436272]


By Thirsty Hurst
September 12th 2009
Beautiful country Europe » France » Aquitaine » Bordeaux
My day started off with another long training run. This time is was 18 miles. I’ve about had it with the long runs, but at least this one was through Bordeaux wine country. I set out around 7:30, heading Southeast towards a point with which I was familiar. Around the second mile, I saw some girl out for a run and paced off her for a few miles. This was a huge help. Heading mostly north, she wove us through several vineyards until she finished. Either that or she “fake finished” to get away from the perceived stalker that followed her [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 14th 2009 | 54 Views | [diary=436456]

Wine tasting
Wine and dinner

On my train ride to the Bordeaux region this morning, I finished reading Into the Wild. The book is a non-fictional account of the events leading up to and after the tragic death of Chris McCandless. McCandless was a brilliant young man, who, after graduating from college, abandoned his family and took on a nomadic life of his own. He eventually made his way to Alaska and attempted to live off the land in the summer of 1992. He failed. After reading the book, I couldn’t help but compare myself to McCandless. While there are many differences - McCandless was much [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 11th 2009 | 69 Views | [diary=435786]

Blaye
The bay
Villa St Simon

So here we are on the road again, this time with Stuart and Stella (our hopefully trusty steed). Leaving the grey and gloom of Blighty behind we settle in for the overnight ferry. Uneventful, the Captain warned of rough seas but we braved the restaurant and slept like babies. Things take a turn for the worse in Nantes where our first meal, in this country renowned for its food, is a kebab. I blame the bar we stumble across where the only available drinking receptacle requires you to hold it at arms length and catch the resulting spout of liquid. Takes [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 8th 2009 | 35 Views | [diary=434899]

La Rochelle for breakfast
Il de Re for lunch
Stella sunbathing

I think I missed my chance to launch a career as a civil rights activist. You see, I considered organizing a march by the Africans of Bordeaux to protest our women being recklessly eyeballed by the local ignoramuses. However, travel had taken its toll on me that day and I looked like some sort of wild thing that should come out only in the dead of night, so I thought Africa would be better served by not being represented by me. Plus, I felt much better after finishing another chocolate brioche...So much so that I found tears in my eyes as [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 6th 2009 | 53 Views | [diary=434385]


On my first day in Bordeaux, I had the rare luck of being one of the few tourists included in a mystery game played by virtually every local. You see, as I wandered about town, I noticed that many of the men kept looking at me with what seemed to be barely-concealed lust and a kind of ownership. Of course, I wanted to believe that my dazzling charms were enough to bring any man under my spell, but my inner conspiracy theorist suspected that something else might be responsible (Another reason why "when I am , will be fast against the [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 5th 2009 | 56 Views | [diary=434096]


By Letapaka
September 5th 2009
Ei lita artig historie Europe » France » Aquitaine » Bordeaux
I vekene eg gjekk på språkskule budde eg hjå ein vertsfamilie. Det var finfint det og alt det der; alt i alt ikkje så grenselaust interessant. Likevel vil eg berette ei lita hending, som fekk meg til å trekkje på smilebanda. Eg hadde eige rom, og fine greier. På rommet var det eg trengde; seng, pult, stol og skap. Då familien hadde ein katt som tok (og framleis tar) seg til rette, hadde far i huset festa ein liten lås type krok på utsida av døra mi slik at eg kunne låse dersom eg gjekk ut. Denne nytta eg ofte, og [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 2nd 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=441450]



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