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We are currently heading for Bordeaux. Now there may be a tiny bit of truth in the rumour that I like red wine and that that particular area of France produces some pretty handy juice, but the rest is pure coincidence.

We happened upon a small town today which houses an exquisite Chateau. No wine there, just a truly magnificent building.It was built in mediaeval days and then recently rebuilt. By recent I mean 1575AD so by my standards its still pretty damn old. Unfortunately we were not able to go in because during the winter its closed. In fact France seems pretty much closed in the winter.
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I guess we both consider that our travels really started after we left Switzerland and we were finally on our own.

We were both over the cold and snow. We left London on December 6th and headed up to Cambridgeshire to collect our van from storage and immediately encountered snow. After a few days we went down to Bath and encountered more snow and cold. We went back to London for a few days and encountered even more snow. After staying a few days we headed excitedly for Dover and some hopefully warmer weather (even slightly would have been good).
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We arrived in the town of Buñol two weeks before La Tomatina. For the uninitiated, La Tomatina is a food fight of gargantuan proportions. The local council brings in truckloads of tomatoes and everyone throws them at everyone else. It a crazy event that attracts around 30,000 people each year.
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We drove into Tudela to witness their ‘Running of the Bulls’, with absolutely no idea on how would be able to catch up with Mercedes, our friend whom we’d met the previous year.
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After leaving Ceuta we found a campsite for the night and decided to check out Gibraltar the following day. This actually proved to be pretty much a waste of time as Gibraltar id hardly the ,ost interesting place in Europe.
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At Rabat we stayed in a campsite near the beach. We hadn’t realised just how much the Moroccans love the beach. It was crowded, with most leaving at the end of the day, causing a traffic jam of monumental proportions. The camp was basic to say the least and the attendant , though friendly, was little interested. We were keen to use Rabat as a one night stop only and continue on our way north the next morning. Nothing at the camp or the beach beckoned us to stay longer and the next morning we were again on the road heading for Meknes.
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