SO MUCH FUN!! I think this has been the best experience of my trip so far. I was so giddy and excited that we managed to score a compartment to ourselves that Rob must of thought I accepted some kind of “special brownies”. I don’t know what it was, why I was happy about it. […]
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Overnighting in a train
by Bertha on 04. Apr, 2005 in France 2005, Pictures
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What would I look like if I was white?
by Bertha on 04. Apr, 2005 in France 2005, Pictures
This artist knows! He drew me a 10E sketch and Rob determined that it’s what I would look like if I was caucasian! “It’s you, but it’s not you.” The eyes weren’t almond shaped, they were japanese anime shaped! I’ll see if I can upload a pic of it later. Rob was a real help. […]
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Juno Beach Centre
by Bertha on 02. Apr, 2005 in France 2005, Pictures
The Centre was definately worth the trip and cost. We got a tour of the landing beach included as well as a wealth of information on WW2 inside the centre. Dane is giving perspective on how large these fortifications were. They weren’t damaged, they have just sunk into the shifting sand. The walls were about […]
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All in One Party Place
by Bertha on 01. Apr, 2005 in France 2005, Pictures
This place has the most expensive neon bowling ever, the worst pool tables and horrible karaoke. These 2 girls were dressed alike in their tube tops and pleather pants, and were competing with William Hung for the worst singing EVER! All this while we tried to play crappy, dollar pool. This is obviously the place […]
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Hitchiking to the cemetery
by Bertha on 01. Apr, 2005 in France 2005
I realized that as a backpacker, you have to be bolder. Dane asked the ladies at the tourist office to find accommodation for us and got them to call the B&Bs closest to us to see if there was availability. And then he asked to leave our packs in their office so we could tour […]
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All you can eat seafood
by Bertha on 01. Apr, 2005 in France 2005, Pictures
Fist time having mussels in years! Coated in parmesan and cream. YUM! comes with fries!
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Rotten pate: Caen/courseulles-sur-mer
by Bertha on 01. Apr, 2005 in France 2005
You know those Tim Horton’s commercials where the lone backpacker hears “Hi Canada” and it’s because of his Tim Horton’s mug? Well, that’s sorta how we met Dane. Boarding our train to the Juno Beach Centre, we hear a yell coming from behind, Susan’s iron on flag on the pack did the trick. He spoke […]
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Versaille
by Bertha on 31. Mar, 2005 in France 2005, Pictures
Taking the PER train out to Versaille was easy and it’s just a 5 minute walk from the station. There are many peddlers just inside the gate hawking versaille/eurodisney wares. Hall of mirrors was very cool, and the Napoleanic furniture very cool! (My posts are getting shorter and lamer as we get along…) The gardens […]
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Parlay vu onglay?
by Bertha on 31. Mar, 2005 in France 2005
I spent the first 2 days translating things from english to chinese to french and am finally able to skip that intermediate step. These sorta boggles my mind but Rob knows no french. I guess it’s possible since we are from the west but I thought everyone knew just a little cuz we live in […]
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Pantheon
by Bertha on 30. Mar, 2005 in France 2005
Gorgeous, at the end of a cobblestone road at the top of a hill. Too expensive to go into… You can tell we are getting tired of seeing the touristy things when you actually consider the cost of the entrance fee…. At the bottom of that hill, a large park with fountain and tons of […]
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