Montelimar and Picture updates!

Allo a tous! Some more pictures because they are so much more in demand! We are backtracking to Brugges to start this photo shoot...

Once again the famous belgian beers, in the company of Emma and Erich, some friends from Waterloo :)) We had met up with them for the evening, as they were on their way to Amsterdam while we were heading down to Paris...

Shortly after arriving in Paris David and I made our way to the Arche de Triomphe, where we witnessed the craziest traffic circle ever ;)




Alors voila, Diane, Chantal et Cookie, a Paris. Des amies du Vietnam, donc que je n'avais pas vue depuis 9 ans!! C'etait genial de se retrouver!



So while trying to find La Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris, we stumbled onto the Louvre, where we took some pictures but did not venture in...Does David look like a tourist? Nahhhh... (wait till you see one picture when he has his hat on hehe...)

The little rocks forest of Fountainebleau, full of mysteries and well boulders, everywhere!

So from left to right, let me present: Theguy Farris, (top) Dave, Me, Paolo, Taz, Scapi and David, the bouldering crew and awesome belgian group (minus Farris --> who's awesome, but not from Belgium. Actually Canadian but living in Germany at the moment!) Thanks for the great time guys!

On the hike to Camp Cora, very exciting Gallo-Roman remains ;)

Ok just had to slip in a Lucy Picture, so here I am, enjoying dinner, Filet de Canard au Poivre avec petites patates grillees a l'ail et l'oignon, avec Salade a l'olive et citron, and a fine Pinot Gris to complete this delicious meal. Ah the life!


Needless to say pictures were not allowed here, but shhhh... In the Grottes d'Arcy, a "colonne" where stalagmite meets stalactites.



Night life in Lyon, the city we enjoyed the most so far! Various pictures also follow, including the mini eiffel tower, crazy sets of stairs and some of the sights... Including a public washroom, which let me tell you are less than appealing (though to be honest, these ones were MUCH nicer than the Paris ones)

In Lyon they also have this really cool Gallo-Roman museum, with 2 roman theatres recently restored and currently used for some festivals during the summer.

The god jupiter, again pictures not allowed...but somehow we have some. David says he learnt well from his Dad... Tisk Tisk, I am not involved in this picture taking!

We have now moved on from Lyon to meet up with Thomas Ribiere in Montelimar, which is between Lyon and Marseille. Yes we can testify that he does in fact exist, for all those who doubted, and he even climbs! We went climbing with him and a friend (Virginie) today, at Saou (i think?) to do some single pitch climbs. Nice approach, about 30 minutes uphill, somewhat resembling the Yamnuska approach, but a shorter version.

Ahh baguettes, the lunch of champions!!

2 more days of climbing here near Montelimar with Thomas. Assuming the weather decides to cooperate - its been quite rainy these last few days, and even the climbing today was intersperced with rain. If all goes well, we should be heading climbing with Thomas, his friends Gabriel and Virginie, and perhaps even Julia and Renault from Belgium (arriving late tonight in montelimar). Saturday we are likely going to head towards Carcassone, stay tuned!