Managed to blast through Galicia and the whole north coast of Spain in two days so that we were in time to meet Rachel and Dan in Bordeaux, sadly unable to sample the culinary delights as much as we had hoped, but squeezed in an afternoon in Santiago de Compostela (sneered at by pilgrims because of our lack of bags and staffs etc and obvious tourist demeanour!) and had lunch in rather nicer place than our usual efforts in San Sebastian, despite the pouring rain. This is the facade of the Cathedral in Santiago:
Rain followed us in fact all the way to Bordeaux and beyond, though I did have a lovely birthday and it was really cool meeting up with my family even though it was just for a few hours - made up for that with lovely dinner and much wine, mmmm.
Got some prezzies too, which I was allowed to open despite being technically the night before my actual birthday, but I'm sure the time difference made that OK...
Didn't see a lot of Bordeaux as it rained the entire time and we couldn't park anywhere in the centre, so headed north east through France to Chartres, which was beautiful, and then Versailles which was gaudy and wrong, some kind of MTV cribs pastiche way ahead of its time. Impressive though, if just in scale. Proof we were in France: the mighty Johnny Hallyday, in tat format. And Dan.
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Well we have tried a comment, but it hasn't ben posted. How are the happy 4some? Not as wet as us I hope.By the way, Bordeaux - Chartres - Italy sounds like the long way round ... change of plan maybe? Keep us posted. Love Mandy
I like the oxymoronic tone parentals - am I only reading it through some form of telepathy then?! Ho ho.
Kate tell us all of Prague (with photos) we demand. And Oktoberfest - the snail mail is beating you in reportage speed, v. poor show but merci pour la carte postale. I also need to know if Rachel and Dan have perfected the lunge-dive entry to their sleeping quarters! Lxx
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