France Trip Spring 2005
Royan
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The English have been coming here for a long time
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The Open Road
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Busy French Motorway
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Rural Road
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Won't Fit !
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On a War Memorial
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Spring Vine
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First Vine Bud
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Gingerbread House in Nevers
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Montpellier
I stayed in Filiz's university digs...
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...while she went to Paris
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Palavas les Flots
Fishing village near Montpellier (flots are waves)
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Quick way across the river
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Revolving restaurant on top of disused water tower
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Hot beach in April
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La Grande Motte
Futuristic seaside resort near Montpellier, built in late 1960s
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Vichy
Spa town, like Harrogate but with darker history
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Source of the famous Vichy Water
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The only reference to the war in Vichy
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