Epic engineering FAIL in Monpellier. You have to drive through the city center to get to the main freeway and there are 4 lanes converging into two. It took about 30 min. to get through the light. The toll road that we've been trying to get to is nearly stopped. Ugh. We are hoping that it is due to a toll booth (grab a ticket and pay later when you exit). It looks U-G-L-Y.
This is sure making us want to get to the Alps as we know that once there we can park and not have to go anywhere. Mark and Sharon arrive tomorrow night so we'll have a car then to get around. We'll be parking the RV on the mountains for best access for Le Tour stage viewing.
We just saw the funniest thing- a guy on a motorcycle just zipped by and he had two tires around his waist. It was like he went and bought new tires and figured out the only way to get them home. LOL He looked a little like the Michellin man.
Now it appears that there is an accident-- there was one crazy guys who zipped in front of some cars and shot across the lanes to the shoulder and drove down the shoulder before cutting off some more cars. He was like the worst driver that you might see at LAX times ten.
Random Thoughts:
Todd's not loving my music. He will be more than ready when Mark and Sharon arrive so he doesn't have to listen to it anymore. LOL I just don't see what the problem is at all, he would probably say it's Rascal Flatts, Reba McIntyre, Keith Urban, and Kenny Chesney. Poor guy is trapped listening to a little bit of country- he doesn't seem to mind all the music I have from the 70s and 80s though.
I just remembered that I promised to tell you all about the Target Lady Internationale experience. Some of you may know this already, but I guarantee that if I wear a red shirt when I go to Target I will be approached at least one time to assist people in finding something. I'm happy to help, but I'm not an employee. So today, it appears that I have this same vibe here in France. I was sitting on the cute bench pictured in the previous photo post just enjoying the beauty of the rolling hills with the blaring noise of the cicadas (at least I think that is what they are---so loud!), when this little car pulled over and this cute little old lady starts with "Pardon moi..." blah blah blah in French. I caught the word "Chateau" and thought perhaps it was the vineyard/winery I had taken pictures of and showed it to her. But alas, it was not what she was looking for today. We smiled and said our goodbyes.
We just rolled into the best spot for camping this weekend. It is a campground with running water, showers, and toilets (that's toilette for you French lovers). We passed through Malaucene' (our original destination) and stumbled onto the campground. We had essentially resigned ourselves to a site on the side of the road. Yay us- bonus, it was just 10.40 Euro. That's 1/3 of what we've been paying.
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