ok so the first flat tyre goes to me.....bottom of some hill in nice at the harbour i leave my bike with shane for like 2 minutes and when i get back the tyre is completely flat and messed up so yay its all ok now after re-learning how to fix a puncture at the hostel(u can tell how many i used to have).
weather wise we unfortunately managed to get wet.....very wet the region has just had the worst downpours of the last year and happened to be when we were both having really bad days so great fun.on thew plus side however the list of people that we are meeting is increasing and they all seem to be quite friendly no matter how weird they are(note:if a french candadian man is in your room dont turn the light on he might be as uncourteous as ours and spread eagle on top of the sheets naked, not a pretty site after a bottle of wine.....)but on a french not i havent actually had a conversation with any french people who werent selling me somthing yet howevere there seems to be an ubundance of french canadians all over the place they are a bit interesting to say the least i mean speaking french one minute the switching back to english the next........so odd.oh a stereotype has been met we met some sweedish girls in sete and one was blonde with big boobies hehe lol.waiting untill italy to find the short stumpy man with a thin moustash throwing a pizza in the air saying"eh tony".
we have met an interesting truck driver though.he has been driving trucks from spain for god only knows how long and now he decided to cycle to turkey.....i mean wtf would u think it?and he smokes but he does keep going......oh and next year he want to do turkey to china??????u do meet some dont you...
oh and if you ever go to nimes stay at the youth hostel as its in the rich part of town out of the way they can keep the bar open untill late and after a few beers and some table tennis in the rain me and shane started our little party piece of makign a couple of roses which turned into a master class for some others and produced free drinks for the both of us as well as conversation with some rather interesting german sisters.(enough said)oh and check out there world map on the wall they have photos of people they liked up on there where they have come from.and of course you know who have made it onto there representing norfolk...booyeah....
the ride itself has become very intersting now as we have left flat ground for the hills of sotuhern france and believe me when i tell you they are hills.but just looking at the mountains a little way off makes me glup hard and thats not just the stale bread in the hostels.
drinking from a bowl has never been something promoted in england its bad manners isnt it???here however if u get a cup or a glass they give you funny looks.....strange isnt it?
and just so i know doesn anybody think that me and shane sound anything like australian because everyone we meet(bar the younger german sister who though we were irish???)seems to think that we are australian and when we tell them we are englishg they become very shocked. is it just me or are people very bad at accents.......
oh new purchase:holey seat!!!!!going to put it on today later when the hostel re-opens and try it out hopefully should be better than the one that i already have.
and on a final note about france the signposts are awful as only after you finally ask all the people in site which way you are/should be going towards the hostel or whatever and you start on what you believe is the right road do you see a sign post.surely they should let us know by sign first and if we really cant see it then we ask but must be just another thing like the bowls of cappucino......oh and abstarctly all condom machines are on the outside walls at pharmacies surely that is more embarressing for the poor sole who just needs the odd one making him/her do it in public so that everyone knows what they are doing rather than the smirking store clerck in england and the nosy old lady giving you scorneful looks as she peers around your shoulder to tut at you ear making sure you know of her disapprovement at the younger generation?????
anyways two rather attractive girls have just sat down next to us both on either side in swim suits so off to do my duty to god and the queen......thats what networking is about right?????
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