France 08

Aizeney.

daznsaz — Sat, 2 Aug 2008 03:51:00 GMT

Arts, Crafts and food night in Aizenay which is about 10mins away. They closed off a street and had strange street artists performing, you had Katy with the strange dress, moped and blow up catipiller. Band of musicians that were superb, one of them kept pulling out a cube of something and lighting it, the cube then gave off differant coloured smoke and a nice smell.The weirdest one of all was the bloke with a tv screen made out of an orange box, this was mounted on a stick, he would look through it and commentate on what was going on. Now for the food, we had hot pita bread baked in a wood fired oven then filled with goats cheese, really nice. Abbie had one filled with chocolate spread although she only liked the spread. We have bought a Quail that was cooked on an open fire for our tea. We have just tried it and wish we had bought more than one as they are quite small.

Anyway there are more photos on the link on the right.

Gallery: Aizenay Marche Nocturne

daznsaz — Sat, 2 Aug 2008 03:49:00 GMT

Gallery: Mini Golf

daznsaz — Sat, 2 Aug 2008 01:43:00 GMT

Call me Tiger

daznsaz — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:12:00 GMT

Today we went to mini golf in Apremont. First we went to the bakers and got some cakes and had breakfast in the woods near the river. The first hole was a bit of a shock, as the ball went towards it a lizard came out of the hole and ran off ino the bushes. Anyway as expected i won.

Giddy up

daznsaz — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:26:00 GMT

We are eating horse, veal and spicy sausage tonight.

Well we have had our meal.

Horse: very very nice, like a strong flavoured tender beef.

Veal: like a very mild beef almost like pork

Sausage: my favourite, never had sausage like it. no sniggering.

Espadon

daznsaz — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:45:00 GMT

In one of the german u-boat pens there is a french 1950's submarine that was in service for 25years. we were allowed to have a tour around the submarine and it was brilliant, evan Abbie enjoyed it can't imagine being onboard with 65 men though. Once again we wern't allowed to take photos onboard so click this link to see more,

Escal Atlantic

daznsaz — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:07:00 GMT

Also in saint Nazaire is the Escal Atlantic, we wern't allowed to take photos going round the mock ocean liner, but it was fantasic, immaculatly presented it took you on a voyage based on a travelers diary through the med. All leading to a stunning art deco cocktail bar complete with waiters. As photos wern't allowed follow this link to see more.

Grand Blockhaus

daznsaz — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:21:00 GMT

Went to the Grand blockhaus in saint nazaire today, it was the one of the biggest german bunkers ever built and was the last one to be captured in france. Very strange looking around it knowing what had gone on there.

Go to here to get more info. don't forget the photo links on the right.

Gallery: Grand Blockhaus

daznsaz — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:13:00 GMT

Bridge to Saint Nazaire

daznsaz — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:36:00 GMT

Amazing bridge that crosses the river into saint Nazaire. on the banks of the river there are dockyards building massive cruise ships and also the Airbus factory that makes the A380.

Gallery: Sam Swimming

daznsaz — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:17:00 GMT

Sams first swim (float)

daznsaz — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:10:00 GMT

Took Sam for his first swim today. Did'nt enjoy it at first but soon he was loving it. Again click on Sam swimming link on the right to see the photos.

Saint Gilles

daznsaz — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:50:00 GMT

After the vine yard, the dog, and the macdonalds we went into St Gilles. Lovely town set on a tidal river. Just click the St Gilles link on the right to see the photos. Dylan and Ollie loved the bumper cars.

Gallery: md'ss

daznsaz — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:43:00 GMT

Mothers daughter and the Mcdonalds

daznsaz — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:10:00 GMT

Mothers daughter decided after scaring the rotwieller away at the vine yard she was hungary and only a Mcdonalds would do which led to an hour search for the golden arches. To be fair it was a really nice lunch, the only disapointment was that we did'nt know we could of had our meal with beer instead of coke.

Vineyard adventure

daznsaz — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:08:00 GMT

Decided to try and find a vine yard so we could fill up a gallon container from a tap in a wall for 1 euro like we have seen many times on tv. Trying to find one in the country well known for wine is impossible. After an hour and a half of trying to find one that tom knew about we gave up. Luckly james saw a sign at the side of the road so we followed the farm lane and found one. Wasn't the 1000 acre's of vines set on a hillside that we had imagined, instead he had 4 acres next to a road. But it really was a pleasant suprise.

He bought the vine yard 2 years ago but the vines were 20 years old.

After James and i (sarah to scared of the big dog) looked around the vines we all tried the red, white, rose and the kids grape juice, funny how when free wine is offered the fear of dogs disappears.

The wine was very good so we bought a rose and the kids grape juice.

Gallery: St Gilles

daznsaz — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:33:00 GMT

Big fish for all you Veggies

daznsaz — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:44:00 GMT

Huge fish in the supermarket must of been about 3 foot across, label said salmon but not sure. If your interested it was 29 euros a kilo

Supermarket

daznsaz — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:40:00 GMT

Kids and the trolleys in the supermarket. I think a fight might breakout if they don't all get on.

Raining and the Velo Rail

daznsaz — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:18:00 GMT

Decided to book the velo rail although it was a bit wet, as soon as we booked it it belted down so we cancelled. Went back when it was dry in the afternoon as soon as we handed over euros started raining again so done it anyway, got soaked.