{"id":523,"date":"2012-05-20T20:05:50","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T19:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/?p=523"},"modified":"2025-11-23T05:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T05:29:07","slug":"not-a-lot-to-blog-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2012\/05\/20\/not-a-lot-to-blog-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Not A Lot To Blog About\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"

Well we finally found where all of the people are hiding in France.\u00a0 They\u2019re all in St Gilles Croix de Vie.\u00a0 The shops are all open, even on public holidays, Sundays and Mondays.\u00a0 As the weather has turned yucky again, we\u2019ve chosen to stay on here for a couple more days.\u00a0 Plus we wasted a whole day yesterday trying to sort out wi-fi a bit more.\u00a0 We had to go to McDonalds again and then 2 more visits to the Orange shop. But we finally found a gorgeous Frenchman who spoke \u2018un peau d\u2019 Anglais\u2019 very well indeed and\u00a0we discovered\u00a0that although we had purchased a dongle and paid for one month\u2019s internet access, it hadn\u2019t actually been set up.\u00a0 So today we are definitely up and running with wi-fi.<\/p>\n

Julia and Hannah have already gone back to their home in the Netherlands and Kevin left early this morning to drive back to Hertfordshire with a car full of 1 \u00bd beds and probably some wine too.\u00a0 So we\u2019re now all alone in their lovely house hoping that the weather will improve again so that we can get out and about and see a bit more of this area before we head south.<\/p>\n

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Rodney on a day off at La Fenouiller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So as there\u2019s not a lot happening, here are some things that we haven\u2019t included in the blog so far.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of cuckoos in France, or the same one is following us to every campsite.<\/p>\n

Approximately 30 million baguettes are baked every day in France;\u00a0 no wonder that the few people we do encounter always seem to have\u00a0a baguette tucked under their arm!!!<\/p>\n

Campsite bathrooms are thoroughly inconsistent.\u00a0 They\u2019ve all included some of the following, but we haven\u2019t yet found one that has all of them: toilet paper, hooks, hand soap, toilet seats (!!!!), hairdryer, soap dish, hand dryer, paper towels, toilet brush, doors (!!!!).\u00a0 So you always take everything with you (perhaps not a toilet seat, or a door), just in case they\u2019re not supplied; especially the first item on the list.\u00a0 Almost all of the showers are button press operated and they really vary.\u00a0 Some throw out water that lasts for a nice length of time, most need a fairly frequent press and there was one that you almost needed to lean one hand on permanently, while washing with the other as fast as possible.\u00a0 Then there\u2019s always the surprise of a large, half dressed, German man coming out of what I thought was the ladies, \u00a0but it turned out to be a mixed bathroom\u2026\u2026!<\/p>\n

We love the fact that we\u2019re sitting up high in Eileen and can see over all the hedges and walls; you get to see so much more.<\/p>\n

I thought we might have to deal with unpleasant toilet smells in Eileen, but it has been no trouble at all, it\u2019s the fridge that smells!\u00a0 I\u2019ve cleaned it thoroughly and wiped it out with vanilla, but the smelly St Aubin cheese cannot be beaten, so we\u2019re going to try and stick to less smelly cheeses from now on.<\/p>\n

Rodney has turned a little French.\u00a0 He\u2019s treating Gertie Garmin GPS like a mistress and he likes listening to me arguing with her when she takes us on really stupid routes.\u00a0 He seems to find it tr\u00e9s amusing\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

Life seems to revolve around when, where, what, even how, to eat the next meal.\u00a0 Food seems to have taken over our life!!!\u00a0 But it\u2019s all good.<\/p>\n

Roundabouts in France are brilliant!!\u00a0 As it\u2019s always a carefully considered manoeuvre, me watching the left side and then both of us looking for the correct exit, there isn\u2019t really the time for me to whip out the camera.\u00a0 But it\u2019s quite amazing how some roundabouts are a complete work of art.\u00a0 We\u2019ve seen some that have a small vineyard in the middle, complete with workers hut.\u00a0 We\u2019ve seen one that looked like a small garden centre, one had a whole house in the middle and one was covered in beautiful rock sculptures.\u00a0 I can\u2019t remember all the others but I will try and get a photo of at least one of them.<\/p>\n

Toora loora toora loo rye ay, we are far too young and clever\u2026\u2026..name that tune?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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