TxTeach79's Pride LIVE 5/28: Post Drydock European Adventure!

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It was really really peaceful out there. Even the cows agreed. 
 

 

 

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Our boatman had a cool donkey Kong shirt on and worked so hard to speak with us in English with what he learned in high school in La Rochelle. He did an amazing job. His teacher should be proud of him. 
 

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The last of the hour in the canal before we pulled up on the village of Coulon…

 

 

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We arrived in Coulon, tied up the boats, and were given about forty minutes to explore. It’s a very small and very quaint (and very French) place 

 

 

 

 

 

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The pulpit in that church was elevated and overlooked the street below because of how much this village flooded back in the day 

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One of these homes was posted for sale at just 150k Euro

 

 

 

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We bought a bottle of wine, a couple beers, some magnets, and a bag of cookies in here 

 

 

 

 

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We (and most of our tour) popped in here because it was about the only thing open. Everything over here either opens late or closes for few hours in the afternoon. Problem is, at this point we were almost out of time. B just grabbed a chocolate banana ice cream cone (forgot to get a pic) but some folks sat down and got made to order crepes with less than ten minutes left to meet the guide and walk to the bus. We ended up being considerably late (and stuck standing in the sun for a while) because of a handful of people 

 

 

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Once everyone showed up, it was a long meandering walk to the bus down back alleys 

 

 

and past RV parks

 

 

made it!

 

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Home

 

 

 

 

 

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We had missed the famous dirt piles of La Rochelle

 

 

 Compared to the rest of our trip, this felt like boarding a plane on the tarmac 

 

 

 

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Bag 4 is back

 

 

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Time to right the wrong 

 

 

 

 

JUG O MAYO ALERT

 

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Washing it down at serenity while B goes to rest and get some work done in the cabin

 

 

serenity beer selection 

 

 

that peach Margarita I had that was so good

 

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Decided to mix it up. Main lido pool has the DJ bumping, which is nice for a change when I’ve been the adult contemporary zone in serenity all week….

 

 

 

but I don’t love the half covered vibe, so let’s do lido pool two. Music is middle of the road too. 
 

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Headed back down to change and check on B

 

 

this came for tomorrow. I like the 5:15p

start… good way to kick off the evening

 

 

Edited June 5, 2023 by TxTeach79

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Grabbing a walking beer from a sixer I picked up in Vigo

 

 

they really just glue 6 packs together down there…

 

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Headed to 80’s pop to the max