December 2010
4 posts
Chapter 4
Day four.
As soon as we were two hours from Aix en Provence, we stopped for gas. It was an especially early start, and I drew the short straw for the morning drive. Naturally I was tired as hell… so tired I forgot my wallet was in my jeans from the previous day, and convinced my professor it was gone. It was turning out to be the trip from hell, thanks to me, but just when he got the emergency...
Chapter 3: La Thoronet et Aix en Provence
In the morning we got on the road towards La Thoronet, when the powers that be at google maps pulled a fast one and led us astray. After a little projectile carsickness plagued the professor’s car that morning (don’t worry I dodged it), it was not too great a start. Lucky for us, we had a spare GPS laying around in our dash and set the course no problem.
When we arrived at the Abbey of Thoronet,...
The Last 10-Day: Chapter One
I’ve been putting off the blog for a while now to take care of work in the studio and a bit of travelling. It’s time to fill in the gaps and recall ten of the most chaotic days of my life. Here’s day 1.
Shit got weird at the onset… We departed for Riva with a little over a quarter tank, and it was a good idea to fill up for the long drive through France to Barcelona. The first service station we...