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Day Eight 13 - St Tropez Wedding

6/29/2013

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Knowing our invites had been lost in the post we thought it would be rude not to attend the wedding anyway.
Dressed to the nines our intrepid team braved the rough Mediterranean Sea for the crossing to St. Tropez. Sneaking past the bodyguards and trying to avoid the autograph hunters that have been plaguing our every move we made it to the church on time. However the wait was boring so we decided a brain freeze drink and sit by the beach would be a much more fruitful use for our day and anyway they will probably be divorced by tomorrow.
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Day Seven 13 - Village In The Sky

6/29/2013

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Today we take in Europes' version of the Grand Canyon, but not before a visit to the 'Village in the Sky' or Tourtour as the maps call it.
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The canyon is not a drive for the feint hearted so it's best to be for-warned of the terror to be faced whilst driving its cliff edged roads. Knowing that it's big enough to fit Portugal in there doesn't help, but keeping your eyes closed at the wheel of the car does.
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Next stop - Lac de Sainte Croix for an afternoon dip and cool down in the lake.
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All in all a days tour not to be forgotten.
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Day Six 13. The Monte Carlo Grand Prix And An Exciting Discovery

6/27/2013

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Today Chris and Roger joined the Monte Carlo Grand Prix . Surprised by the traffic ( something they don't show on television or probably Photoshop out ) they may well have failed to set a new lap record.
Other important news today is the exciting discovery made after a few bottles of Leffe beer . Brace yourselves :-
Contrary to popular belief that Elvis died in 1977, or the less unbelievable theory that he was abducted by aliens, we can exclusively confirm that he is alive and well and living in Port Grimaud.  Laugh if you must but we have the pictures to prove it !
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Day Five - 13. The French TGV Train Experience

6/26/2013

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After last years exciting day trip out on the train we thought we would give this mode of transport another try. Getting the platform wrong for the TGV this time though, far from the rapid transport solution expected we seemed to have chosen the somewhat slower train.
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The end of the line came at Grimaud village which at least offered us some great views, and atmosphere of a medieval village with castle to boot.
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Day Four -13.  Man Shopping, Cookery Class and Sand

6/25/2013

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It's fast and it's dangerous , we call it 'Man Shopping'. Today the men try to train the girls. 'Move swiftly and silently, get the job done, get out fast and mind the machine gun turrets' . The more we say it the blanker their faces look.
Anyway we give it a try - the men approaching the cornflakes in a pincer movement while the girls take out the milk. Eventually it runs to plan and we get out with sustaining any life threatening wallet injuries , or unidentified trolley items.

So with shopping to hand it's on to the cookery class .Here's the instructions should you want to try at home :-
    1. When you *bleeping* answer me shout 'Yes Chef'. Do you understand ?    
    2. Well *bleep* do you ?
    3. Right that's sorted so get the ingredients and cook according to the *bleep* instructions
    4. Slice four large cloves of *bleeping* garlic and add.
    5. Evacuate the *bleep* caravan due to overpowering *bleep**bleep**bleep**bleeping* garlic smell.


Also today it was time to get some sand between our toes so with only one stop to visit the 'auto toilet' , a new and dangerous experience I can tell you, we made it to the beach :)

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Day Three - 13. Motorway picnics to the sun

6/25/2013

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Sadly Vichy is left behind without sampling their glorious spring water.
Straight on to the motorways today because not only do we like spending money at the toll barriers but it is also fun pressing the call for assistance buttons. Oh, and you can't beat a motorway picnic in the sun.
Onto Grimaud where we have our own motorboat moored up by the caravan. (Well not actually ours as we can't find the keys, but we are sure Chris can do something with his
electrical skills, after all he has not yet managed to set his car on fire and it is running more electrical equipment than an atomic power station).
Time to relax in the sun we think !
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Day Two -13. The new Religion

6/23/2013

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Sunday- a religious day. So in deference to this we started the day with our new religious ceremony 'the filling of the petrol tank' . We must be getting very religious as this is the third time in as many days we have done this.
Then onwards to Vichy. Sat Nav setting totally reversed from 'motorway and find as many toll as you can' to 'no tolls and find as many roads with grass up the middle as you can,. An interesting drive it was taking in many (and all deserted) villages forgotten by time and probably man as well.
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Day One - 13 Troyes (or Danger on Land and at Sea)

6/22/2013

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A year on, the destination remains the same - Abroad, and the people remain the
same albeit a year older and wiser.
This year we chose the tough travel day as day one and so it proved. Rain and a dense sea fog greeted the arrival at Dover followed by gale force winds. The Channel was crossed in treacherous storm conditions!
Even those of us taking the land option had to brave broken rails on the rail line but this did not deter them.

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Troyes is the Mecca of shopping with three outlet villages, but should really be called Troyes-A-Result-For-The-Boys, because they are all closed on a Sunday which is when we had planned to visit.
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Day Zero-13 The Final Countdown

6/21/2013

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We are clear to commence the final countdown.
May we remind you to remain seated at all times unless the emergency exit needs to be utilised. This is located directly above your head.
Drinks will be served shortly from the water bottles.
We wish you a pleasant journey with montebaldoorbust.com , and would hope that should you have any suggestions or complaints you will feel free to keep them to yourselves.
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The Last Suppers !

6/8/2013

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Well the final countdown to 'Tour De France '13 ' has begun. Whatever we have not sorted now is not going to get sorted at all.
Toasting to a successful trip occurs on two fronts............ 
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Beer and pub grub for the humans.

..... and a drop of oil from the most excellent carfriend in Cannockshire
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