Re: Re : June holiday in France
Great pics Glen !
Have you come there by plane or with your car !?
We flew to Toulouse and hired a car. Stayed in an apartment that you could see the castle from. Loved the area as there was good restaurants and loads to see within a small distance. The only problem was that we were self-catering and as we arrived on Sunday nothing was open. But that was OK, we survived until Monday (when we found out it was a public holiday and everything was closed)! We did visit many of the local Cathar castles mainly because my wife is into all that shi, er stuff. Not really my thing (if it doesn't have an LED, battery, or screen I'm not interested
) but still found the area and history fascinating. Been to France a few times recently and have found it to be a great place to visit plus we do our annual stock up of beer and cheese in December via the Tunnel (£20 return).
Like most of our travels we like to do some of the touristy stuff but also venture away and see more of the culture and sample the food. Not saying you shouldn't see the main sites but there are usually fascinating things to see off the beaten track. We aren't really people for just laying on a sunbed and getting burnt. Next week we are off to the US and initially going to Washington DC to see all the usual sites/sights and driving down to Alabama for a week in a cabin
Moose-Tracks Mainly there to just relax but there is also a museum in Huntsville
Permanent Exhibit Galleries & Theaters | rocketcenter.com after which we are back to Washington. Before we fly back we will be going to the
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center | National Air and Space Museum which is by Dulles airport.
The main issue I have is knees that are totally f***** so I'm not able to climb every mountain, ford every stream, follow every byway... but we still manage to do a fair bit! When we were at the Badlands National Park last year there was a guy in an electric wheelchair which he "controlled" with a joystick because he had very limited use of his limbs through illness. I say control because more than once he was on three wheels going round corners! His wife would lower the chair out of their van and he was off. He was fearless in that chair and would be exploring places you would not believe. It is people like that which spurs me on to make the effort to see things despite my knees being painful.
I was working in 1990 in Edinburgh as a code monkey. If you are up here again do the whisky tour in the highlands but make sure you are not driving! We have done that and as my wife doesn't drive (I'm the permanent designated driver) when we get to the tasting part of the tour I usually hear "I'll have that as you are driving"...
