Tuesday 12th august Got to Paris early am and were lucky enough to be able to leave Dora at the hotel we were staying at in torcy. Bus and train to Paris City. Thought we would check out the louvre first as Liam wanted to see the "moaning Lisa" . As typical, the louvre was closed on Tuesdays!! So we went to Starbucks haha. And bought a beret each from a souvineer shop so we could look like total tourists and embrace French culture totally. Wandered along the s...

Wednesday 30th Arrive into Nice to get an oil change for Dora to find out they wanted £200, then we went down the road and brought all the stuff for £50. Driving on the motorway, a car behind flashed its lights and honking its horn so we pull over. A guy comes up and hands Liam some rings and a card asking for petrol money saying he will pay us back. We tell him where to go and take off as soon as we could. When he takes off we see he was driving a merc and ha...

Sunday 27th Made it to cassis in the afternoon. Small seaside town. Funny as mum (Jenny) emailed and when I said I was in cassis she said she had also been here (years ago) when she biked through France! Very random. Met Seth and Megan who took us for a walk down to the beach (stoney!) for a swim . The coast around the town is little cliffs of rock that people lie on and jump off into the sea. Then we wandered through to the main town which is right by the mari...

Monday. Awoke in a services stop about a hour north of Bayonne to find we had slept in, must be over the jet lag now. We stopped in Bayonne for supplies and make our way to Pamplona. After one of many toll stops liam notices the brakes are not working 100% as the van approaches a police stop. We make it into Pamplona and try to find a work shop that could help us, but after waiting two hours we figured the city must have a day off due to the running of the bulls...