Big Adventures, Little World

Archive for 2010

Avignon is a cool city in France which is still surrounded by city walls from hundreds of years ago and was ordered to be built by the popes when they had fears of being invaded. We stayed at a camp site just outside the city, and then after setting up camp walked in through the [...]

We didn’t have much planned in the morning so we slept in for a while before getting up and heading into the town for a look around and some food. We found a nice café and some delicious sandwiches, which seemed more like they were in bagels. I had one that had caramelised onions, brie, [...]

We were up bright and early to pack up our bags and tents, have another cold shower, have some breakfast and be on the road by 9AM. We made it off on time and started the long drive, with most people falling asleep, and The Da Vinci Code playing on the TV’s in the bus, [...]

We were up nice and early and found out that the campsite didn’t have any hot water so cold showers it was. At least the weather was warm though so it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. I don’t think I would enjoy the tour if it was winter. After a breakfast which [...]

Waking up at 4 in the morning isn’t fun, but for the end reward it was definitely worth it. We made our way from home bright and early and got to the hotel in Central London just before 6:30 before we headed off to catch the ferry to France. There wasn’t too much to see [...]