Monthly Archives: May 2017

Cap d’Agde… Yachts, yachts, yachts… Yachts everywhere!

Cap d’Agde

Cap d’Agde

Friday, 19 May 2017 to Thursday, 25 May 2017
Our travelling plans for the next few months were now slowly starting to take shape. We will be in Sète until mid June; the month thereafter will be spent in Marseille where after Lyon is lurking beyond that, where we will be until mid August.

Now many may question our reasoning for going to Marseille because, apparently, you either love or loathe it, but most people Continue reading

Sunny skies and summer arrives in Sete

Pèzenas

Pèzenas

Friday, 12 May 2017 to Thursday, 18 May 2017
I was watching rugby this morning when my mind wandered back to those EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) progress meetings I used to have in my office every Friday morning between 10:00 and 11:00. These meetings became known within the organisation as the roompoffertjie (cream puff or cream pie) meetings, but let me explain. Continue reading

We visited Marseillan and its Plage… and then the ice saints arrived

Marseillan

Marseillan

Friday, 5 May 2017 to Thursday, 11 May 2017
It was cold and cloudy again today… And what made it colder and darker still was the fact that I have had no feedback from MTN yet regarding the deactivation of my sim. Surprised? No! Expected? Yes! I’m not sure how this company does business. Being rather busy yesterday with our OFII process I did not follow up on the MTN query, but today was different, I had the world of time on my side. Continue reading

With the OFII process complete we now have to face the ice saints

Sete early morning

Sete early morning

Friday, 28 April 2017 to Thursday, 4 May 2017
The sun was out today, but a weak one at that. It was still a miserable 9°C outside this morning, too cold for my skin; I had to cover up with a layer or two, and that was inside. But the cold weather during the last week had been a blessing in disguise; it allowed me to Continue reading