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Europe » France » Île-de-France » Poissy June 3rd 2012

I woke up this morning having severe difficulty in getting my head into this. I was having a severe case of not wanting to do this anymore. Hungry, really, really dehydrated: two pints of water and loads of orange juice and I still feel like a dried out prune. We got underway quite early today; on the road by nine and on our way to the first stop at St Germer de Fly through beautiful French countryside on lovely smooth roads with very little traffic. At the first stop we were met by the support crew with Gallons of water and energy powder and the best ham and cheese baguettes that I have ever tasted. After that my sprits really lifted and I got my head into gear and remembered why I was doing this. After ... read more
Baguette making party without you I would of failed
Stop one and now ready for the next 20 miles
Shrine

Europe » France » Île-de-France » Poissy September 15th 2011

15 September 2011 2045 (France/Germany, 0645 NZ) Im on my second sleeper train… second one is soooooo much better!! Ill begin at the beginning, the beginning of this entry anyway, Florence, Italy. So I eventually got on my train & we hit the road, im in a cabin with 6 ‘bed’s – ill use that term loosely! Only 4 of us in there – thank goodness!! However… one of the guys is a smoker and one of those ‘I live & smoke in these clothes my whole entire life’ kinda ones, the kind that leaves you smelling the same as him after 12 hours in a 6 berth cabin! Ok ill continue my rant, another occupant snored but he was ok and his travelling companion did this HORRIBLE HORRIBLE coughy thing constantly!!!! OMG, if looks could ... read more
Slugs for dinner for the girls!
Nice view for our wander home
Gorgeous - great place at night too! soo many people all doing the same thing




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