Summer plans

[wiseheart]

Okay, friends, there's the deal: Mum and I have decided to be very, very brave and take part on an 11-day bus trip to Middle- and Southern France, from 24.07 to 03.08.

The route

Day 01 - Kufstein (Austria - a significant place for Hungarians, as many of our people ended in the dungeons there after the lost freedom fight in the 19th century) - Passau - Straubing

Day 02 - St. Gallen, Fribourg, Lake Geneva

Day 03 - Massif Central; Lyon, Thiers, Ussel, Périgueux

Day 04 - Dordogne: Beynac Castle, La Roque Gageac, Monfort Castle, Sarlat

Day 05 - Souillac, Rocamadour, Cahors, Moisac

Day 06 - Toulouse, Albi

Day 07 - CARCASSONNE!!!, Narbonne, Montpellier

Day 08 - the maritime world of Camargue, Arles, St. Maries de la Mer, Aigues-Mortes

Day 09 - Avignon, Tarascon, Nimes, Pont du Gard

Day 10 - Aix-en-Provance, Marseille

Day 11 - the closing horror: a whole day in the bus, trying to get home. *g*

I've discovered this tour by walking into a travel agency office almost randomly, and I still can't believe that I'm actually goin to see Carcassonne, among a lot of other wonderful places. Granted, it will only be a glimpse, and we'll be probably both dead upon returning home, but at least we're going there!

*jumps up and down like a bloody moron*

Should I survive despite all expectations, I promise you ungodly amounts of picspam - if my camera and Hermes, the god of travellers and thieves cooperate.

Comments

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Hope you have enough fun to compensate for the Day 11 Horror! We went to the Dordogne when I was a kid; the caves there are memorable.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure we'll have time for the caves. But I'm very excited about the whole thing.

I've decided to go to the fitness studio and work on my condition a bit in the month before the trip so that I might actually survive the bus ride. ;))

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It sounds fabulous, I'm so glad you're doing it. My mother went to Rocamadour one holiday, on her way back from Lourdes - is there a shrine at Rocamadour? I also think there may be monkeys there, but she went when I was a very little girl, and I don't quite remember!

It will be worth all the travelling, good on you!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I don't know whether there's a shrine - but even if there is, I don't think that would be part of the programme. Which is all right with me, I'm not the pilgrim sort of traveller.

[crowdaughter.livejournal.com]

Hi! What a great holiday!

This sounds like a wonderful travel route, although very ambitious and for sure taxing. Carcassone is a great view, and I would nearly say that just one day is short to watch the walls and all. And it is sad that you have to cover Avignon, Tarascon, Nimes and Pont du Garfd all in just one day: Avignon is a wonderful city that would really deserve several days on its own (one day, when I have a lot of money to spend, I will stay a whole vacation there, I hope), and Tarascon and Pont du Gard may each be worth a day. In Nimes, I haven't been yet mysellf (or not for long). I was in Aigues-Mortes a few years ago for fourteen days and made trips from there, to Avingnon, Pont du Gard etc, and into the Camargue, and everywhere else I could reach within one day and back. I loved it. Carcassone I saw several more years ago just passing through to Spain, and wished I might have had the time to stay longer. Inn any case, I wish you a wonderful holiday and envy you greatly for the great trip!

Aislynn

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Hi!

I know the time is way too short to get more than just a glimpse. I'm actually planning on go back to Carcassonne next year, if I can get organized a visit there through another travel agency. But this is our first time in France (aside from quick visits to Paris), and it's good for getting an overall impression of the area.

You know, we should organize a "Sternenfahrt" to Carcassonne one day, with the Edhellod crowd arriving from all directions and spend there a week or so, to get into the Middle Ages feeling together. *g*

[jilba.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it will be lovely trip.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Jillian. :))
It's a very ambitious one, too, but I hope we'll have the strenth to make through it and enjoy ourselves.

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

It sounds like you're in for a wonderful trip!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yep, I think so, too. I'm a bit afraid of the long bus ride, but I'll have two weeks to rest afterwards, so hopefully I'll be recovered before Hell breaks loose again (= the new school term begins).

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!!! She's going to Carcassone! (The Beloved will be so jealous...)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I can send him my picks via e-mail, assuming there will be any.

[cirdan-havens.livejournal.com]

Sounds cool and very promising. Glad your mom is still willing to go on such trips with you.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me, too. She's great fun to travel with - plus she's the one who actually speaks French.

[cirdan-havens.livejournal.com]

Your mom is simply amazing. My compliments to her.