Posted May 31.

So I spent a couple days in Bordeaux with an awesome couchsurfing host. He was really laidback and we got on really well together. It rained most of the time I was in Bordeaux which kinda sucked but it was still a really pretty city.

On Wednesday I headed to Paris and hitchhiked the whole way! I was quite proud of myself. My hosts here so far have been great and it was actually sunny one day!

On Thursday I went to see the Louvre (very, very big) and the Mona Lisa (very, very small). I ended up meeting an American girl and we explored around Paris, got a bottle of wine when it started to rain and enjoyed it under a tree in the park.

It IS really expensive here though. For example, a CAN of coke in a cafe will cost you about 5CAD. Ugh. Wine is about the only inexpensive thing.

I'm thinking of spending the next couple days around here then heading towards Belgium on Monday.

We'll see.

Posted May 25.

So I left Andorra on Thursday and made it to Toulouse that afternoon. My hosts in Toulouse, Guillaume (nicknamed Mouts from his last name Mouton (Sheep)) and Bea, were awesome. They're planning to leave in the next 4 months or so to take a 10 month trek through the Americas (plural) so they have huge maps all over the walls detailing their proposed journey.

Friday, I went to take a look around Toulouse and met up with a Couchsurfer from Colombia named Martha. We toured around Toulouse, got crepes and enjoyed the sun. I went out with Mouts to a poker night Friday night and lost 5 Euro. Saturday it was raining but another Couchsurfer I had contacted, Emilie, had offered to take me to see a castle (Montsegur) south of Toulouse so we went to do that. It was a bit wet and very foggy but we got a guided tour and it was really interesting. It was too bad the fog was so thick because it would have been a great view otherwise (it's on top of a mountain, 1200m up) but was cool nonetheless.

We had a little party at Bea and Mouts' Saturday night and Sunday I left for Bordeaux. I hitchhiked all the way here and it worked out really well! I met some cool people and saved money. Awesome.

Current plans are to stay in Bordeaux til about Wednesday then head to la belle Paris!


Couple new pictures up on Facebook and HERE