News Update

Hi Just a short note before hitting the sack to let you know where we are.
After Barcelona and Valencia we headed off through Madrid to Salmanica. We sped through hundreds of orange orchards. What a beautiful Spanish town Salamanca was. It had a real Spanish square surrounded by a high walled enclosure which happened to be a monastery thousands of years ago. People sat around the edge in restaurants and in groups in the centre chatting for most of the night. We know as our room opened on to the square.
We spent the weekend on the French/ Spanish border. Accommodation was hard to get so took a place out in the country that we can neither spell or say which happened to be over the border in France. We had hoped to stay in Spain a little longer as our language was improving!!! Our meal was a hoot with us not able to speak any French and they knew little English and Spanish had its own dialect way in there. We ended up with Rabbit stuffed in clear calalonni “things” and stuffed squid breasts.. if that’s what they are called.. It was served with white rice.
When we arrived bus loads of people were folk dancing. I could swear there was a whole brass band in the hotel dinning room come ballroom for the afternoon. We went for a walk and watched the farmers make hay. 3 people raked up the loose hay after the conditioner had rowed it up to make sure nothing was wasted.
The weather has been perfect if not a bit too hot. We spent the next day down on the beach at Hayendaye. Beautiful beach like you imagine the Mediterranean to be. People jammed on the sand like sardines.We walked around the headlands to a castle. We heard pheasants crowing to each other. Im glad we didnt see any rabbits as they are a opoular food item here that you can buy in the super market.
We have been managing the trains well and haven’t ended up somewhere we didn’t intend to be. Last night we stayed in Talouse around the railway station didnt feel all that safe. This morning we had planned to give our yesterdays leftover lunch of salami, cheese and cake to the beggar who had sat out on the street by the bakery door all night. We crossed the road to get fresh supplies from the bread shop and he had gone when we came out. Managed to find a home for it at the railway station however.
Love Bordeaux. It is a very old city with old buildings everywhere. Easy to get around. Lots of entertainment during dinner with musicians touting for space and attention. Food good. They certainly love potato chips with every thing. Us Flat Friens wanted to play on the water Mirror playground but we werent allowed. It was a huge area of mirror class covered by about 4 cm of water.
Off to Rennes tomorrow.