Up we got early again after another restless night but with only having to swat about ½ mossies this time, it didn’t seem to stop the other bugs and beetles from coming in overnight though...anyway needless to say we packed up and left the bug ridden place under the cover of darkness!! We had a 7 hour drive ahead of us to get to La Rochelle so it worked out ok, we wanted to get as much space between us and the bugs. The drive, our longest yet, took us about 8 hours with stops along the way for coffee, toilet, etc. We sang most of the way and always have a laugh whatever we’re doing so life’s not too bad at the moment. It was going to be a beautiful day where we left and fortunately it stayed with us and was a very warm 30+ degrees on arriving in La Rochelle at about 3.00pm. We have been so lucky with the weather and have only had one day that wasn’t really warm and sunny and have been told that it is unseasonable but everywhere, even Paris is getting it so we are counting our blessings for that. We have noticed here in France that they don’t drive quite as fast as the Italian’s and they have more speed signs than they have so we tend to think they are a little more strict. We also found it amusing that they have a different speed limit when it is raining.
Anyway I digressed a bit but when we arrived here we were really pleased. A nice little, or not so little as it seems, seaside town which smells fresh and looks very clean. It has a very picturesque marina filled with boats and yachts and we took a couple of hours to familiarise ourselves with it by wandering the streets and browsing here and there. Something we noticed was how many restaurants there were and wondered how they all survive. We always find it hard to go past the patisserie’s and chocolate shops without looking in. The work that goes into some of these little sweet treats looks amazing and they aren’t that expensive, usually cheaper than a coffee (yes we’ve tried a couple, who could resist?) We got back to our room at 5.30pm starving having not had much throughout the day so made ourselves some dinner with a baguette and some bits and pieces we’d bought. We will go down to one of the restaurants tomorrow night which are all within walking distance. There is an island here that you can drive over to which apparently has lots to do so we will have a quiet, hopefully restful night before heading over there tomorrow.
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