Grenoble, 18th June

18th June 1999, 1525hrs, Friday, Partly cloudy, Between Biarritz + Toulouse.
Yesterday was interesting when we got to Biarritz at around 8ish. I met a Swiss guy, Andreas (another one) and yet another Canadian girl ( NOT complaining, she’s gorgeous), Amanda in my room and they, Gemma and I went out for a pizza and a drink, and then came back to the Hostel bar (!) for another. It was fun, and it’s about time someone took the piss out of us for our accents! We got up and breakfasted together (coffee! Hurrah!) and then said our goodbyes.
On reaching the train station, we sorted out a route to Grenoble today and found we had an hour (ish) to play with, so I went back to the hostel and emailed home and Sharon.
1800hrs, Between Toulouse and Nîmes.
We’re now uncertain as to whether or not we’ll make Grenoble tonight – our next change gave us just a 13 minute margin, and this train left Toulouse half an hour late. Nîmes, where this train ends, is in our Lonely Planet, so no huge panic there, it’s just frustrating to know that we may have missed being home and dry in St. Andeol tomorrow night by only a few minutes.
1830hrs – Spotted Carcassonne! Seems weird to see something familiar.