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    • 日73

      28.11 Day 73 . . . Second Visit

      2022年11月28日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C

      Today was the day to have a second visit to the house we saw last Wednesday - just outside Nanteuil-en-Vallée.
      We left at about 10am and we’re pulling up outside just before 11am where we met with Nathalie again.
      We spent the best part of two hours subsequently crawling over this house, checking everything we could think of and asking so so many questions.
      On driving away we drove to Champagne Mouton one of the closest villages to the house, just to see what was there. As is Tre and my luck (ignorance of France) we found Champagne Mouton to be shut. Literally nothing was open in this relatively small village.
      So we spun around and drove to Nanteuil-en-Vallée which was the opposite direction from the house. We parked up to have a look around what we had been told was a lovely village. Again everything was shut including the church, Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste - much to Tre’s annoyance. We spent about half an hour before deciding to move on.
      Next we drove to Verteuil-sur-Charente - again somewhere Nathalie had recommended. As we crested a hill on the approach to the town we saw the Chateau which holds primacy high above the town - it looked truly stunning in the sunshine.
      We drove I to the centre and parked up. Again we were now not surprised to find everything shut. When I say everything is shut - it is everything, not a bank or cafe or shop - nothing!
      We did spend quite a bit of time marvelling at the chateau and river that passes below it. It was a beautiful sight - especially as no-one else was about . . . Everything being shut has its benefits.
      The Château de Verteuil is a historic building in Charente, France. It dates back to 1080 and has since been extensively rebuilt, although 12th-century walls remain. The château has always been in the property of the La Rochefoucauld family.
      During the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) the château was occupied several times by the English. It was demolished in 1442, but was soon rebuilt using the original stones. In the religious wars of 16th and 17th centuries the château was a base for Huguenot forces, and in 1650 it was partly demolished by royal troops. Another château was erected but it received extensive damage in a fire in 1793 during the French Revolution. The château was renovated in the romantic style after the Bourbon Restoration of 1815, and has been extensively modified since then. During World War II (1939–45) the château housed French troops and refugees from Alsace-Lorraine in 1940 and for several months it was partially occupied by some German units. In 1944 some members of the maquis were hidden there. The château was listed as a monument historique on 31 March 1966, and obtained full protection on 19 November 2010.
      The present château, designed on a triangular plan, has five conical towers and a watchtower capped by slate roofs. Archaeologists have uncovered traces of the older buildings on the site dating back to the 11th century. The architect Frantz Jourdain renovated the interior of the 14th-century tower as a library for the Rochefoucault family in 1893. The Hunt of the Unicorn tapestries of the building, which hung in the master bedroom, were rediscovered in 1850; they were later sold to John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1923.
      We drove home from Verteuil-sur-Charente stopping briefly at a patisserie to grab a light lunch and then some other food stuffs from SuperU next door.
      Home - we stoked up the pellet burner and settled I. For the afternoon and evening. The sun is still shining but there is a cold chill in the air. Think I am past wearing shorts now.
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    • 日34

      20.10 Day 34 . . . Recovery

      2022年10月20日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      Well after yesterdays mega day of early start, work and then the crossing and drive down - today was always going to be a slow day.
      After getting in just before 2am a lay in was always going to be on the cards, but weirdly we were both awake by about 9am. I thought we would be sleeping late into the morning.
      Tea and reading in bed took up a couple of hours before we took advantage of the sunshine and lazed by the pool for a while.
      A few spots of rain heralded the end of the sunshine, before the light shower that had been forecast started.
      We dodged a couple of showers to unload some bits from Roxvanne and then settled in for the evening.
      Having found on our first few weeks out here that the tiled floor was a little on the chilly side in the evenings, we had ordered up some defence options for our return . . . so, out came the newly purchased, cosy as you like, fluffy and padded old gits slippers. The evening passed in newly found warmth, followed by an early night - still catching up from the journey down.
      Tomorrow we house view again!
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    • 日40

      26.10 Day 40 . . . Bordeaux Bound

      2022年10月26日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      I hate getting up early but once I’m up I’m fine - it’s a pity the same can’t be said for teenagers. Getting up at 2.00am was always going to be a gutter and so it proved, but as duty driver to the airport I hopped out of bed and dragged some clothes on - as did Tre. However the person that actually needed to be at the airport for her flight was less than eager to do the same and when they did open their eyes thought it best to have a ten minute muse over the content of their phone whilst still in bed.
      Anyhow - that quickly rectified, Munch was packed into Roxvanne with myself and Tre and off we set. The sky was stunning and absolutely massed with stars due to their being no ambiant light.
      Just before 5am we pulled into Bordeaux Airport and walked to the main terminal to check in. Checking the boards - yep, we had to go to the other terminal, the one we had gone to first on Saturday before being re-directed. Think Bordeaux has it in for us!
      At Billi, Munch was soon on her way through security and out of sight - after a fairly long hug from mum of course!
      We now had other plans - we had arranged as we were going to be in Bordeaux to meet with someone re taxes/enrôlement etc into French systems . . . At 9.00am. So we found a very dark corner near the airport and tried to grab an hours shut eye in Roxvanne. The later having failed we decided at about 7.00am to drive into and across Bordeaux City to the location we were to meet.
      We parked up at about 7.45am and found ourselves a pre meet cafe for a needed cup of coffee. Just before 9.00am we had changed location and found ourselves sat in the very lovely Cafe des Arts 138 Cr Victor Hugo, 33000 . . . awaiting our meeting.
      The meeting with Deo went well and lasted about an hour or so - we said our goodbyes and wandered back to Roxvanne.
      We decided to take a different route home so that we could drive a little of Bordeaux. We intend to be back here in a couple of weeks for a longer visit.
      Back on the main roads we headed home with one aim in mind - sleep!
      At about 2pm having grabbed more bread and cheese we flopped by the pool. The pool area is a real sun trap as enclosed all around - so was the perfect place to catch up on a little sleep.
      We were again visited in the evening by the neighbours pet - who now goes by the name of Pussy Chat and I am reliably informed is female!
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    • 日78

      03.12 Day 78 . . . Pineau & Cognac

      2022年12月3日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 4 °C

      Another one of those lazy mornings that we are getting so good at. We were asked yesterday if we could help Hannah with a wood delivery she was expecting - to which we had said yes. So when we got a message early in the morning to say the wood man had cancelled it was all we needed to pull the duvet back up and have tea in bed.
      We kicked around for the remainder of the morning, before walking down the lane to the Relais car park to meet with Lou and Vince who were picking us up. As soon as they arrived, we drove generally south through stunning scenery and vineyard loaded fields. The vines like many of the trees have a yellow hint to them now, and in the glorious sunshine they were truly beautiful to see.
      After just short of an hour I guess, we arrived at Neuvicq-Le-Château and pulled into the most nondescript building belonging to Ballet Jean.
      Lou and Vince had been here before - more than once and from the welcome they received it was more like family visiting than customers 😂
      The building - and many others surrounding owned by the family, is a Cognac and Pineau producer. The lovely lady looking after the place when we arrived, quickly started to show us around. However when booked customers then arrived she left Lou to do the tour with us . . . I think that shows Lou has been too many times 🤔Lou mentioned a fact that she had been told - that the buildings that store the barrels all have black roofs, a form of mould and that during the war, bombers avoided buildings with black roofs because they knew what was being made within. Fact or old wives tail makes no difference - the roofs are definitely black!!
      We had a fab time walking around the various parts to the building and wondering how a premises like this makes such well regarded products. To double up on my feeling that Lou had been here too many times, it was reinforced when the lady running the place asked Lou to show further French customers around, while she greeted new ones at the door.
      Finally the time had arrived for the tasting. Firstly the Pineau, which was lovely - much better than the shop bought Tre and I had previously tasted. Then the Cognac - the initial bottle we were informed was for cooking!! Never would you put this in anything other than a glass to drink. Then the next bottle on, that had been aged in oak barrels for 20 years . . . Got to say it was blooming lovely, with a very nice warm feeling in your throat. Finally the top bottle that had been aged again in oak for 40 years . . . bloody lovely, nothing else to say. The glasses of each we had been given (apart from poor Vince who was driving) were quite heavily poured, so Lou Tre and I were all quite rosy cheeked by the finish. Lou took Teresa’s side in the purchase game and so we walked out with three 20 year old cognacs and six Pineau . . . I think the tasting had warped my thinking!
      Pineau des Charentes is a “liqueur wine produced in a specific region” at European level and a “liqueur wine with a registered designation of origin” in France. It is obtained by mixing grape must and cognac.
      This liqueur wine is produced in a region that extends over a large part of the two Charentes, that is to say the whole department of Charente except the north and north-east, and all of Charente-Maritime: on the wine estates of Borderies, Grande Champagne, Petite Champagne, Fins Bois, Bois Ordinaires, and finally Bons Bois.
      Pineau is an AOC (controlled designation of origin). Its production area extends over 1,500 hectares in the same geographical area as cognac. The maximum yield of Pineau des Charentes per hectare of vines required for its production is 45 hectolitres. The two elements making up Pineau des Charentes (cognac and must) must come from the same estate, in compliance with local customs.
      75% of Pineau des Charentes production is consumed in France; Belgium is the leading importer, followed by Canada.
      After the tasting and the purchases were made, we wound our way home, with a brief stop at the Château just a couple of streets from the distillery.
      Back at Chef Boutonne we popped into the small SuperU for a couple of bits and then stumbled into one of the bars for a coffee . . . . and beer. Lou and Vince kindly then dropped us off back at our - A really brilliant day!!
      Merguez sausages and chips for dinner was what was required in an attempt to soak up a slightly boozy body - and then an early night.
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    • 日68

      23.11 Day 68 . . . House Hunt Pt 2

      2022年11月23日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

      Waking up feeling rough with ‘Man Flu’ was not how I wanted to feel on the day of the mega viewing session. What had been six viewings lined up had happily dropped to five before we set off, as one house was now under offer.
      We met Kate (who we had met back in April when we did some house hunting with the Hollywoods) at the church in Genouillé. Off we went to a property at Les Mauvoisins which on arrival was situated on a small lane next to what looked like a travellers camp.
      The house was ok but on entering, immediately due to the rain again today, we found water dropping from the ceiling in the lounge. The house was small but had access to an adjoining barn which had extension possibilities - but fairly quickly Tre and I had decided it was certainly not for us.
      We left Kate and drove to Civray to grab some food, stopping in a small boulangerie pâtisserie on the outskirts of the town. We had the best quiche I think I personally have ever had. Everything was baked on site and we will defo be going back. We stayed a little longer than expected as the rain hammered it down for a short period, Teresa and I laughing at customers running in looking like drowned rats, most of them cursing - in French, but I got the idea of what they were saying.
      We grabbed some fuel across the road and then set off to Chaunay to meet another Nathalie - the one who had shown us the Hank house a couple of weeks ago.
      The house at Chaunay was in a small hamlet just outside called Les Fants (initially given to us on an email spelt Les Farts, which made Teresa comment that we were never living there!). A very rural location and very quiet despite the N10 across some fields out of sight. The house oozed being looked after and loved, with a barn half way down the lovely lawned garden, which you could walk through to the second lawned section. The house was immaculate with lovely heavyweight oak furniture and heavy wooden doors. Teresa and I only had one real issue - it was too finished, to well maintained a finished house - nothing for Tre and I to actually do which was never our plan for coming here. It seemed the strangest reason to not want somewhere. So after a shortish viewing we departed in convoy with Nathalie to the second house she was showing us. We had also at this point decided to cut four viewings to three for the afternoon.
      We drove back basically from the north of Deux Sèvres to the southern most part to a house in Souvigné - again!
      This house in comparison the the last, needed a whole host of work and had multiple rooms, so the work was to be honest daunting. Not only that it came with a smaller accompanying house which actually was a wreck. At one point Nathalie looked towards me and I simply said ‘No’. It didn’t take long to close the house up and we were off again to the last one for the day.
      Travelling east we crossed over the N10 yet again to a distance east of it roughly the same that Souvigné was to the west of it. We stopped in a hamlet not far from Nanteuil-en-Vallée at a property that felt distinctly Mediterranean. The property currently has no kitchen but a room suitable for one. Two large ish bedrooms and one smaller. An attached barn and about an acre of land on a slope. I immediately sensed Teresa was in excited happy mode and to be fair I felt the same. The views from the top of the field were spectacular as the sun began to set. There was quite a lot of work to get on with but not so much that it made the project seem impossible. Weirdly I didn’t take as many photos as normal which probably meant I was concentrating on the property more this time. We said our goodbyes to Nathalie and then drove and stopped at the top of the land around the property, this is when we saw the views - jaw dropping.
      Both of us were quite quiet on the drive home, both thinking over all the houses we had seen today but primarily the last one.
      Home an hour ish later we had some of the chilli from the other evening with loads of bread - we were both starving. Then it was straight to bed as we are getting up early for the airport in the morning - Munch is back!
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    • 日1–2

      18.05 Day 1 . . . Here We Go

      5月18日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      So today’s is the day we set off, possibly for about three weeks in total.
      The plan - from home to the UK. Visit family and friends for a few days. Then to The Stone Valley Festival from Thursday night until Bank Holiday Monday morning with Simon Jax Jonathan and Emma Annals. Drive back to France. Then south through France, into the top of Switzerland. Across Switzerland and pop out the bottom side into Italy. Meet with Simon & Jax again and have a few days exploring the lakes area, visiting a few Italian beauty spots and villages and hopefully chilling.
      That plan is very dependant on Loup 🙄🐾
      Packing up and getting ready to leave was quite tough as the weather at home was glorious sunshine, so after the last week or so of mixed weather it seemed a wrench to be leaving. Plus we love this place so much and have so much to do, we wanted to stay and crack in with everything.
      So the day passed along with many trips back and forth to Roxvanne, now being accompanied by Loup on every round trip.
      We had aimed to leave by 2.30, but it was nearer 4.30 by the time we locked all the shutters and the front gate - setting off to join the main road out to the N10.
      As always we headed due north on the N10 and took our normal route up towards Poitier, then Tours, on to Le Mans and with an aim to get the far side of Rouen before bedding down for the evening.
      We had spells of glorious sunshine but also heavy showers on the journey - throughout which Loup was brilliant, not a peep - we stopped briefly a couple of times for him to have a leg stretch and a call of nature. We also listened to an hour long interview with Paul Weller talking about his life and music and plugging the new album ‘66’ . . . Obviously!!
      We finally cleared Rouen and stopped at services we had stopped overnight at previously, on our first ever drive to the UK back in November 2022.
      After a fairly lengthy walk with Loup we huddled down in Roxvanne, Tre immediately going to sleep leaving me trying to get the Tyson Fury fight streamed to my phone - without success!!
      So that was Day 1 done - let’s hope the rest of the trip is as painless as today.

      Paul Weller - Soul Wandering
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    • 日13

      29.09 - Day 13 . . . Niort & The Douane

      2022年9月29日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      We wanted to get to the Douane early this morning, we hadn’t made an appointment and so we’re working on the theory if we got there fairly early we may be lucky and find someone working.
      We collected our ever enlarging folder of paperwork, ensuring we had everything we could think of regarding our entry into France, stamped Douane paperwork from Calais and Roxvanne papers.
      It was a lovely bright sunny and warm morning and so the drive to Niort was fab. Just before Niort the sat nav took us off to the east around the outskirts of the town and finally to the Douane office. Parked up we went to the very smart office to find the door locked. Whilst checking the signs on the door a man appeared, opened the door and ushered us inside. We explained our reason for visiting and we’re very soon sitting in an office with him - he being the douane officer we needed to see fortunately. To say he was helpful was an understatement, and everything was explained perfectly to us (although it will cost us financially - but then he is a customs/tax man) - and he spoke enough English that it made life a lot more simple. On seeing the stamped certificates sheet we had obtained from Calais, he showed us a cupboard full of files he was dealing with and exclaimed we were the first ‘Ever’ to have brought him a stamped certified document. So I have to take my hat off to Teresa, who I had moaned at for making me drive around Calais on day 1 to find the Calais Douane! I will never live it down.
      All sorted with the very nice man at the Douane and aware of what we now needed to do - and pay . . . We drove into Niort.
      We headed generally into the town centre and finally parked up in a little side street Rue Barbeziere. From here walked to the first coffee shop we could find where we sat to quickly discuss the visit to the Douane.
      We then walked through the town, which was lovely - with main shopping types streets mixed together with narrow sides streets and thoroughfares. We then stumbled into Place des Halles and straight into market day! The market here is set up in a raised area which also holds a large indoor market area. The food on offer here was as normal fresh and appetising, and within the inside market were small restaurant areas which were busy.
      Overlooking the side of the market area is Niort Castle.
      The Donjon de Niort or Château de Niort (the former is most often used today) is a medieval castle in Niort. It consists of two square towers, linked by a 15th-century building and dominates the Sèvre Niortaise valley.
      The two donjons are the only remaining part of the castle. The castle was started by Henry II Plantagenet and completed by Richard the Lionheart. It was defended by a rectangular curtain wall and was damaged during the Wars of Religion. In the 18th century, the castle served as a prison.
      Whilst admiring the castle we heard what appeared to be a group singing and so we walked down towards the river. As we approached the singing stopped, but more music started . . . We hadn’t stumbled across an impromptu concert - just a full on demonstration 😂. It was the most well orderly protest I think I’ve ever seen.
      After the demo had passed we walked down to the river which passes through the town on its north west corner. The Sèvre Niortaise is a 158.4 km long river in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Pays de la Loire regions, flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. Its source is in the Deux-Sèvres department, near Sepvret, north of Melle.
      From here we walked back through the backstreets ack to Place des Halles looking for a lunch spot. Fortunately before lunch I found a vinyl record shop with hundreds of albums for me to flick through. Tre realised that to let me purchase something quickly would get me out of the shop a lot faster. Album securely bagged and under my arm we left to find a place for lunch, not before I promised the guy in the shop that I would be back for a longer visit soon.
      After a light lunch we headed back to Roxvanne and then began the drive home. Tre had another spell driving some of the way until stopping at SuperU in Melle for fuel.
      Home not long after we sat out in the sunshine again until about 7pm.
      Dinner was one or my favourites - Merguez sausages, which Tre had jazzed up with some oven roasted onions and a little from a special jar of crispy chilli I’d hidden from the UK to here - but been found out.
      We almost made to 11pm before bed - not sure what happened there!
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    • 日107–108

      Foussais-Payré 1/3

      5月24日, フランス ⋅ 🌙 15 °C

      Wir standen um 08:00 Uhr auf und Tim machte das Dachzelt abfahrbereit. Gleichzeitig kümmerte sich Jasmin um das Innere des Autos. So gut wie möglich verstaute sie die dreckige Wäsche in den Waschsäcken. Die Decke, welche wir auch waschen wollen, legte sie über die Sitzbank. 

      Abfahrbereit gingen wir zu V und M in das Haus. Bereits auf uns wartend, erklärte uns M, der Arzttermin sei bereits vereinbart und wir sollten direkt zu unserem Termin losfahren. Um 09:30 Uhr wäre dieser in 20 Minuten Entfernung. Weil aber die Anmeldung davor noch erfolgen muss, sollten wir bereits jetzt aufbrechen.

      3 und V winkten uns kurz beim Wegfahren und schon waren wir auf dem Weg. 

      Nicht mal eine Minute auf der Strasse bemerkten wir, dass etwas mit Klapfi nicht stimmte. Der Blinker gab kein Geräusch mehr von sich und die Wände vorne sowie der Boden in der Fahrerkabine waren nass. Zusätzlich zu diesem Problem gluckerte es aus dem Motorraum heraus. Wir hatten dieses Problem bereits vor unserer Reise, als die Scheibe von unserem Vorgänger nicht richtig abgedichtet wurde. Dank der Hilfe eines Freundes konnte das Problem damals behoben werden. Durch das Wechseln der Frontscheibe bei Carglass ist erneut eine undichte Stelle aufgetreten. Durch die extremen Regenfälle der letzten Tage hat das Auto auch Schaden abbekommen. 

      Beim Spital angekommenen riefen wir direkt Carglass Schweiz an, um den Schadenfall zu melden. Der gleiche Idiot wie beim letzten Mal nahm ab und erklärte, er würde die Dokumente direkt an Carglass Frankreich weiterleiten. Obwohl er keinen Namen notieren wollte, sagten wir ihm den Namen der versicherten Person und eine E-Mail-Adresse für die Dokumente.

      Danach meldete sich Jasmin am Schalter im Spital an und bezahlte dafür erstmals eine Gebühr von 26.50 Euro. Wir wurden durch einen Gang geschickt und mussten diesen bis zum Ende ablaufen. Dort mussten wir noch einmal nachfragen, als uns eine Frau in einen Wartebereich schickte. 

      Durch den Hunger geplagt und die Müdigkeit machte sich Tim auf den Weg, uns Kaffee sowie etwas zum Essen zu holen. Für 3.40 Euro Taschengeld holte er uns an einem Automaten zwei Cookies und zwei Cafés Americanos. 

      Noch bevor Tim zurück war, wurde Jasmin von einer Ärztin drum gebeten mitzukommen. Zum Glück sprach die Ärztin gut englisch und Jasmin konnte ihre Situation schildern. Tim kam paar Minuten später in das Sprechzimmer dazu. Die Ärztin erklärte, sie würden Blut abnehmen, um nachzuschauen, ob eine Schwangerschaft oder Infektion vorliege. Als wir ihr erklärten, ein Ultraschall sollte da völlig ausreichen, verneinte sie dies. Wenn es eine Zyste wäre, würden sie sowieso nichts machen, da es kein momentaner Notfall ist. Etwas verblüfft fragte Jasmin nach, ob eine Zyste zuerst Schaden anrichten muss, bevor reagiert wird. Sie bejahte die Frage, sie machen den Bluttest, um eine Eileiterschwangerschaft auszuschliessen. Tim versuchte, die Frau zu besinnen, aber sie ging nicht darauf ein. 

      Zu diesem Bluttest versuchte sie wennschon noch einen der wenigen Gynäkologen zu erreichen für einen Ultraschall. Zufälligerweise hatte der Arzt im gleichen Gebäude Platz zwischen zwei Patientinnen.

      Sprich zuerst in das erste Untergeschoss und dann in den ersten Stock.

      Wir gingen direkt in den ersten Stock und verzichteten auf diese unnötigen Ausgaben. Man würde ja hoffentlich eine Schwangerschaft auf dem Ultraschall erkennen. 

      Wir kamen sofort an die Reihe und sahen, um ehrlich zu sein, keine weitere Patientin. Ein älterer Herr, der Arzt, nahm uns mit in sein Sprechzimmer.

      Die Untersuchung ergab nichts. Laut Arzt gibt es keinen Grund für die bestehenden Schmerzen. Er könnte aber Schmerzmittel verschreiben, wenn Jasmin das möchte. Dankend lehnte sie dieses grosszügige Angebot ab. 

      Ein wenig enttäuscht, nicht erfahren zu können, woher die Schmerzen stammen, kehrten wir zum Auto zurück.

      Wegen der kaputten Scheibe hatten wir keine Zeit Trübsal zu blasen. Die Carglassfilialen machen heute alle wieder um 14:00 Uhr in dieser Region auf und wir wollten davor uns noch von der Familie verabschieden.

      Im E.Leclerc holten wir für 47.90 Euro Haushaltsgeld neue Pappteller, Pappschüsseln, eine neue Gasflasche sowie Geschenke für die Familie. Wir kauften ganz viele Farbstifte, dicke und dünne Filzstifte. Dazu gab es Schokolade und Chips. Für die Eltern kauften wir ein Rosé.

      Für 12.42 Euro kauften wir für uns noch Lebensmittel sowie Trinkwasser für die nächsten zwei Tage. 

      Unsere Workaway-Familie versuchte uns derweilen zu kontaktieren. Das Spital habe sich bei ihnen gemeldet, wir hätten noch eine Rechnung zu begleichen. 

      Im Spital zurück mussten wir für die letzte Konsultation 56.70 Euro bezahlen. 

      Um keine Zeit zu verlieren, brachen wir zu der Familie auf und setzten sie in Kenntnis mit den neuesten Informationen. V empfahl uns, den Carglass ganz in ihrer Nähe zu nehmen, da er dort bisher gute Erfahrungen gemacht hatte.

      Bevor der Abschied vollzogen wurde, gab es für alle noch einen Kaffee und wir plauderten über ihre letzte Reise im Jahr 2021, wie sie Corona im Wohnmobil gemeistert hatten und welche Länder sie bereisten. Dazu zeigten sie zwei Fotoalben. 

      Als die Zeit drängte, verabschiedeten wir uns von den Eltern und brachen zu der nächsten Carglass Filiale auf. 

      Bereits bei der Ankunft bemerkten wir, dass die Herren den Feierabend lieber ersehnten.

      Die beiden einzigen Angestellten empfingen uns. Wir erklärten ihnen die Situation mit Google-Übersetzer. Der Mann schaute sich das Auto an und erklärte, es sehe danach aus, dass die spanische Filiale den Gummi um die Scheibe kaputt gemacht hätte. Als wir ihn darauf ansprachen, wie lange es dauerte, wieder ein neues Teil zu bestellen, schätzte er zwei bis drei Wochen. Er würde aber das Auto ohne Bestätigung, dass wir in Spanien bei Carglass waren, nicht berühren. Als wir das Bestätigungsmail vom damaligen Termin zeigten, interessierte es ihn reichlich wenig. Als wir ihn darum baten, im System nachzuschauen, erklärte er uns keine fünf Minuten später, er könne kein Dokument finden. Die Bitte, mit uns gemeinsam die Carglass Zentrale Frankreich anzurufen, wies er uns daraufhin, sein Arbeitstelefon kann nur andere normale Filialen kontaktieren.

      Wir setzten uns ins Auto und riefen Carglass Schweiz an. Diese hatten seit 16:30 Uhr Feierabend und die Notfallhotline erklärte uns, sie haben keine Einsicht in Dokumente. Ihr einziger Job sei es, die Kundschaft auf Montag zu vertrösten. Dass dabei ein Auto weiteren Schaden annimmt, interessierte sie reichlich wenig. Sogar das darauf hinweisen, dass der Fall in der Öffnungszeit gemeldet wurde, juckte sie nicht. Sie habe keinen Zugriff auf gar nichts.

      Als Nächstes riefen wir Allianz an, welche auch erklärten, sie können halt nichts machen, wenn Carglass einen Fehler gemacht hat. Zudem sind wir ja nur Teilkasko versichert. Wieso dann eine Versicherung bei Schaden nicht helfen kann, wissen wir bis heute nicht. Egal, ob weitere Kosten anfallen oder nicht. 

      Die einzige nette Person an diesem Tag war einer der Allianz Assistance Mitarbeiter. Er versuchte, mit uns alle möglichen Szenarien durchzugehen. Das Abschleppen in die Schweiz würde bis drei Wochen gehen, sprich können wir genauso dort abwarten. Als er uns fragte, wieso Carglass nicht notfallmässig die Scheibe abdichtet, erklärten wir ihm, die beiden Männer möchten uns nicht helfen. Daraufhin telefonierte der gut Französisch sprechende Mitarbeiter der Allianz Assistance mit dem Herrn. 

      Dieser erklärte ihm, es sei unmöglich, diese Scheibe abzudichten und wenn er es macht, würde er ja eingestehen, Carglass hätte einen Fehler gemacht. Er könne sowieso nicht zu 100% bestätigen, was das Problem sei und ohne Akte würde er das Auto nicht anfassen. Er habe zusätzlich ein wenig Rost gesehen, das könne genauso der Grund sein.

      Zusammengefasst wollte er keine Verantwortung übernehmen, noch Menschen in Not helfen, sogar nicht einmal gegen Bezahlung.

      Der Mann bei Allianz Assistance konnte mit der Aussage nichts anfangen, um das Ereignis einzutragen und konnte uns nur die Option des Abschleppens anbieten, da auch seine lokale Werkstatt heute nichts mehr machen wollte. Dankend und 10 Euro ärmer für das Auslandsgespräch hängten wir auf.

      Mit Google-Übersetzter erklärten wir dem Mann im Carglass wir bräuchten eine Zusammenfassung des Schadens, den er ausgemacht hat, sowie seine Unterschrift wie Datum. 

      Er verweigerte eine Aussage zu machen, da man ihn ja sonst dafür belangen könnte. Als wir ihm erklärten, er müsse nur das Gesehene aufschreiben, damit wir von unserer Versicherung abgeholt werden, interessierte ihn keinesfalls.

      Jasmin war in diesem Moment mit den Nerven zu Ende, mit Tränen in den Augen verliess sie den Laden. 

      Tim folgte ihr und wir machten uns auf den Weg zu einer geöffneten Autowerkstatt ganz in der Nähe. Auch diese erklärten uns, sie haben keine Zeit dafür, da sie einen vollen Terminkalender haben. Wir verstanden das, dachten nur im Notfall hilft man vielleicht einem anderen für fünf Minuten.

      In einem Baumarkt holten wir für 17.80 Euro eine Kartusche Polymerabdichtung und Pistole.

      Noch auf dem Parkplatz des Ladens nahm sich Tim die Kartusche zur Hand und versuchte so gleichmässig wie möglich den Inhalt unter den Gummi zu spritzen. 

      Im E.Leclerc holten wir noch einmal für 10.33 Euro ganz viele Süssigkeiten und Snacks für die nächsten Tage. Wir hatten keine Nerven mehr für die Franzosen.

      Weil uns der Sprint langsam ausging, holten wir für den Literpreis von 1.80 Euro neues Benzin für 87.69 Euro.

      Um noch etwas Anständiges zu essen, fuhren wir zu einem Subway in der Stadt und holten für 21 Euro ein Subwaysandwich. Eigentlich wäre der Preis 19 Euro, aber für die beiden nicht freiwillig bestellten Petflaschen gab es einen Aufpreis. Die Möglichkeit, einen Becher zu nehmen, bestand nicht einmal annähernd.

      Noch auf dem Parkplatz in der Nähe des Subways schnitt Tim das heutige Video, bevor es viel zu spät wurde. 

      Um die Nacht nicht in der Stadt zu verbringen, fuhren wir auf einen einsamen Park4Night Stellplatz draussen auf dem Land. Auf einem flachgedrückten Plateau blieben wir so stehen, dass ein Auto immer noch vorbeifahren konnte. Wegen des holprigen Kieselsteinwegs erhofften wir, so wenig Autos wie möglich zu sehen. 

      Tim baute das Dachzelt auf und wir legten uns direkt Schlafen.

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    • 日108–109

      Foussais-Payré 2/3

      5月25日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      Ohne Wecker standen wir heute um 10:00 Uhr auf.
       
      Da wir sowieso nicht von hier weggehen konnten, erledigten wir allerlei anfallende Sachen. 
       
      Tim begann Videos für seine eigenen Sozialen Medien vorzubereiten, zu drehen und zu schneiden. Alleine diese Aufgabe frass Stunden von Zeit. 
       
      Jasmin war so gut wie den ganzen Tag beschäftigt die Tagebüchereinträge zu schreiben und wieder einigermassen aktuell zu sein. Durch das viele Erlebte und den wenigen Fotos auf ihrem Handy, wurde es wirklich schwierig, sich an all das Geschehene zu erinnern. 
       
      Durch die Hektik der letzten Tage, waren wir heute eher gemütlich am Arbeiten. Immer wieder legten wir Pausen ein und versuchten ein wenig zu entspannen. Die Angst vor einem abrupten Reiseabbruch war stehts im Hinterkopf, aber wir versuchten alles positiv zu sehen. Laut Wetteranzeige sollte es erst wieder am Donnerstag regnen. Ob diese Information stimmt, können wir nur schwer einschätzen.
       
      Wennschon zeigten sich am Himmel nicht nur reine Regenwolken, manchmal schaffte es sogar die Sonne durch die Wolken hindurchzudrücken. 
       
      Das Schönste am Stellplatz waren die beiden Pferde, die direkt auf der anderen Strassenseite grasten. Es gab einem das Gefühl von innerer Ruhe, wenn man sie beobachtete.
       
      Die paar Traktoren, die an uns vorbeifuhren, liessen sich nicht von uns stören.
       
      Abends kochten wir draussen auf der ausziehbaren Schublade. Es gab Vollkornspaghettis mit Trüffel-Pesto, welche wir damals in Spanien gekauft hatten. Dazu gab es als Apero die Tzatziki Chips, welche wirklich sehr gut schmeckten. 
       
      Schnell assen wir die immernoch nicht besser schmeckende Trüffel-Pesto Sauce und tranken danach einen grossen Schluck Wasser.
       
      Nach dem Abendessen hätte Tim eigentlich zwei Stunden Nachhilfe mit zwei unterschiedlichen Personen gehabt. Die erste hatte aber eine Autopanne und verschob den Termin auf nächste Woche. Der andere erkundigte sich, ob er den Termin auf Sonntagmorgen schieben könnte. 
       
      Somit schnitt er weiter an dem heutigen Video und fixierte bei der Trockentoilette eine Schraube.
       
      Währenddessen telefonierte Jasmin mit ihren Eltern, die letztr Woche selber im Urlaub waren. Irgendwie schafften sie es jedesmal nur von gutem Wetter zu berichten, langsam wissen wir nicht, ob wir das Problem sind.
       
      Kurz nach 22:00 Uhr fing es an zu regnen.
       
      Schnell verabschiedete sich Jasmin bei ihren Eltern und sprintete die Treppe hinunter. Sie packte sich drei 120 Liter Abfallsäcke, die wir uns mal gekauft hatten und klebte sie mit Malerklebeband auf die Frontscheibe. Ob es etwas bringt oder nicht wusste sie nicht, aber der Gedanke, die Scheibe nicht abzudecken, machte ihr mehr Sorgen.
       
      Nach der Aktion schauten wir gemeinsam ein wenig GNTM und verdrückten dabei alle eingekauften Snacks. 
       
      Als es plötzlich einen lauten Knall gegen das Blech vom Auto gab. 
       
      Beide schauten sich erschrocken an und der eine schnappte sich den Pfefferspray und einer die Lenkradssperre. Wir sahen weder eine Person noch ein Tier um das Auto laufen. 
       
      Etwas weniger entspannt schauten wir so lange GNTM, bis die Augen fast zufielen. Wir hörten keine weiteren Geräusche und Tim getraute sich eine Stunde nach dem Vorfall aus dem Auto zu gehen. Weit und breit war keine Menschenseele. Auch auf dem Auto selbst konnten wir keinen Schaden erkennen. Was gegen das Auto gerannt ist, konnten wir nicht erkennen.
       
      Im Dachzelt verschlossen wir wie immer die Türe und schliefen schlussendlich ohne Probleme ein.

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    • 日117

      11.01 Day 117 . . . Lunch At Voyageurs

      2023年1月11日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

      A slow, slow morning getting ourselves up and ready - primarily Did’s obviously. Its weird - when people are here Tre and I wanna get up and get going with them, when actually they just want to chill. When there is no-one here Tre and I struggle to get up.
      Anyhow we had a lunch booked at Hôtel Des Voyageurs in Chef Boutonne for 1230pm - so there was no rush.
      We arrived in Chef at midday and had a quick spin round the shops before heading for lunch. Tre very obviously kicked me out of the only shop in Chef B that sells birthday cards . . . I wonder why?
      In Voyageurs we were greeted by the ever pleasant staff and seated in the rear restaurant, which was already busy with other general visitors, workmen in overalls and office staff, obviously from nearby.
      We opted for the plat du jour - the formula three course - all three of us light of any breakfast.
      First course was the cold meats, cheeses and salad bar, as much as you wanted. For main course Did’s and I had pork steaks in mustard with chips and salad, while Tre had a homemade minced meat burger . . . not exactly what she was expecting and I think she would have opted for the pork if she had known. I did offer a swap but she turned me down. Tre and Did’s then had creme caramel for pudding whist I had ‘the island that floats’ a very light meringue that sits in a bowl of cold creme anglaise. The meringue melts in your mouth almost immediately.
      Tre had offered up to drive, so I encouraged Did’s up for the strong Leffe Blonde at 6 point something percent . . . I was slightly amused when he said he wanted a second. That said he did drink it - although confessed he did then feel quite pickled.
      After coffee and chocolates we paid and left - completely full.
      As Tre was driving she got to decide where we were going and then sprung upon me the idea of going to look at cars at a nearby garage. So off we set. Literally 50 yrds around the corner we came across a broken down car in the middle of the road - and by that I mean it’s wheel although still attached, was hanging off at a 45 degree angle. Tre kicked Did’s and I out of Rox to go help push the car off the road. The owners transpired to be English as well and to the best of my attempts I could not shift the wheel into any form of position that we could push the car. By now half the street seemed to have appeared and were all helping, one French guy took over the owners phone to speak to his Insurance company on his behalf. After about 20 mins it was obvious nothing was going to happen until a tow truck appeared - which was now on route, so we left them in the same state pretty much that we had found them. They were grateful for our efforts.
      We then drove to Bouin to look at some cars - but there was nothing too exciting and so we didn’t stay long.
      We then took the back roads via a few villages towards home, passing through to Montjean where we stopped to buy Did’s a Pine cake. Much to his relief the patisserie had none in stock. We did get into conversation with an old guy who lived in Montjean. He was admiring a new statue that had been placed in the centre of the village. Apparently an elderly gentleman had recently lost his wife and commissioned a statue of her to be placed in the centre of the village. To be fair if the statue was anything like her at the time of her death - she had aged particularly well . . . which was why the old guy was admiring the statue so keenly.
      We then drove home via Sauze Vassais and through Melleran.
      We skipped dinner for the evening as we were all so stuffed from lunch at Voyageurs, simply chilling and chatting. We weren’t too late going to bed as Did’s is off home in the morning and we have a very early start.
      So not looking forward to that alarm !!
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