ok we are here in sete just to the southwest of montpellier on a rest day.and trust me we need it.after finding the canal au midi from direction of a slightly large man in toulouse who said it is the best route and we could do it in 3 days....but dont be mislead by french opptunism the canal although following between the major road and the motorway does have a considerable amount more ground to cover.we ended up doing another 60 mile day to get to a place only 40 miles down the road from us!!!!now do you see what i mean.oh and before this we did manage to meet a couple of australian girls in the room next to us who are living in bath working in private schools as assistants( we cant seem to figure it out but all the girls we meet seem to be linked to the private sector somehow.....daddys credit card ahem.....)they were somewhat interesting with their take on travelling as they had brought a coffee perculator and always had frothy lattes in the morning.......i suppose it beats our hot chocolate in a tent but we think ours is more fun.oh and for them to find out that the hostel doesnt have wifi was such a culture shock as they had brought their laptop with them.....they should see this so hello girls(mr fish is waving).also dont leave a city on a bank holiday nothing is open at all as we found out to our dismay, and for some reason packet pasta just doesnt quite fill you up as much as you would hope it to.....but thznk god for the campsite owner who after telling us to move the tent in case a camper van wanted to come through :& he then redeemed himself by making us some freash bread and strage gingery but not muffins that went down a treat.
note: if you are going to carcassonne to stay in the hostel dont be fooled by the big castle into thinking it would be all historic and that u go up there and its full of shops and food halls.....as well as the hostel and let me tell you on small winding streets bikes with panniers arent that accomodating and whilst on the subject of panniers shane has now broken his one as well...one all but it has been fixed through cunning and learning that knifes should all have safety locks and tie wraps.so no problem lols.oh yeah back to carcassonne in the hostel at night halfway through watching zorro in french the barman/receptionist/allround cool guy came over and enlightend me to the bottle of wine for 4 euros and me being me of course i had to accept the challenge.nearly got all the way through but whilst ending a phone conversation i got a txt from shan telling me that it was mixed dorms i looked drunk and they were hot i hurriedly got off the floor i was leaning against and made my way up to the doorm leaving the half glass that would have marked me as finished therefore robbing me of my sense of drunken achievment.and of course upon arriving finidng that one woman was taken and the other not what i would call attractive my drunk state started to annoy the hell out of shane as apparently i was shouting but i seem to think that talking loudly so that he could hear me on the bottom bunk whilst the lights were still on was perfectly acceptable behaviour for a hostel.there has to be one drunk person so why not fill the gap in the market eh?
however if i had of known that the nextday we would be here i dont think i would have started that bottle.here is reffering to the place that is exactly 81 miles away from carcassonne at 15mph average with laden bikes.thats why we are having a rest day and promising ourselvs that we will never be that stupid again but when its flat make good use of it right???
oh and if u come to sete go to eat at "le grillon" 11euros for a 3 course meal(i had escargo,possion et the largest cheese board in the world brought out and to be told eat what you can being a kendrick i was in there,and yes ant you would of had a field day) and to see on the sign outside "le vin est compris" definately go there pretty much all u can eat in 3 course style with loads of free wine!!!!!!!!
anyway im sensing this is rather long and you shall have dozed off by now so ill return another day.
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