statue tom?

(get it, is that you, tom?)

tom pretending to be a statue at a chateau in Medoc

let the good times roll ... (finally pomme frite!!)

With mussels and pomme frites for lunch in Paulliac

tom "sawyer" bastow ... and the medoc

Tom on the banks of the Gironde‏

quick geographic lesson,

the "Gironde" is an estuary made from the confluence of the Dordogne and Garonne Rivers

(wikipedia, Gironde Estuary)

here's a map,

click on this map (or these words) to go to a special "GOOGLE MAP" version which shows where Paulliac, the lighthouse are in relation to each other, as well as the town of Lesparre (where SUe and Alain live, and the farmhouse in Gaillon where the troups are billetted

Sue and Alain's house in Lesparre-Medoc, in 3 mini-movies

Monsieur mange une glacé au Paulliac‏

il dit, "yum yum"

Sue's house at Gaillon near Bordeaux‏

 

Sue's house at Gaillon near Bordeaux‏

a few moving pictures to help get the atmosphere of the place ...

bordeaux!

paris - bourdeaux ...

Picture of a man who got the train time wrong and then almost missed the train to Bordeaux! But we are on now...

pol snoozing on le TGV, vineyards out the window 100km from Bourdeaux

putting the "GV" into TGV

"This is what we are up to right now - we have comfy armchairs too!"