Freitag, 1. August 2008

C'est les vacances!

Oh yes, it's summer! And it's holiday time! As I've never been part of the working population before, it's only now that I start wondering how come our economy is working at all during the summer months?! And where these many cars on the southbound motorways come from every weekend! I'm literally alone in my department and the heat outside doesn't actually support my working motivation... but luckily, I was able to take some days off as well to spend time with my family at both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic (once again :-)
At the Mediterranean, my mum had organised a wonderful holiday flat in the old town centre of Collioure, a pitoresque village at the most southern Mediterranean coast of France close to the Pyreenees and the Spanish border. We spent some very nice days sunbathing, tasting wine and visiting the Roussillon region. After a short stop in Toulouse we headed to the Atlantic where we rented a cosy flat in the old town of Ciboure near St-Jean-de-Luz.