In the summer heat there is shade

If you come from Australia and the temperature is 30 degrees Celsius as it is in Sydney today then you will appreciate the value of shade.

When you travel in France there are long and lazy summer days where the temperatures can climb almost as high as they do elsewhere in the world and on those days you appreciate walking slowly in the shade as distinct from those poor tourists who are having their lunch in the sun. Still, they may be from a country a little further to the north and need the heat to thaw out from their long winters

It's all downhill from here

When you visit certain towns in France and then visit the factory that makes Macaroons make sure - as these people have done that the path back to your hotel or mobile home or caravan is ALL downhill from there - you will otherwise be too full to enjoy the experience!

Lazy summer evening in France

When you have a mobile home inviting friends around for a quick drink on a pleasant summer's evening is a snap.

Just bring out the table and chairs set them up in the most picturesqe place possible, pour the drinks and then sit back and enjoy what you are paying for - your holiday!

Some dips, crusty French bread, good Bordeaux wine (or a Cote du Rhone if you are cheap), some olives, some cheese - what more can you want from life?

Bored in Bordeaux? - Impossible!

Peter and Louise in Bordeaux - the colour scheme is completely unintentional.

This is one of the nicest squares in Bordeax. In the surrounding environment there are cafés and eateries. It is also a lovely place from which to head in virtually any direction throughout the city.

Bordeaux is a town that is well worth a visit in cas you have not been there before

Rothenburg an der Taube

If you have ever visited Germany then you could do worse than visit this small community. Under no circumstances try and take a mobile home to this town as you will be simply unable to get into it.

What you will find is a town that is reduced to a very human scale and that is filled with memories of the time when transport was largely by means of shanks pony (your legs)