Jule's Hikoi

It's been a really busy week with assessments to be completed at work and lots of socialising. I seem to have had something on every night this week. I'm enjoying the lifestyle here. Take today.

Rau and I went to the gym around lunch time and got home at about dinner time. We'd had a social night with some bubbly and good friends so I was wondering how I'd manage a big workout. No worries, once I got started. We spent the rest of the day lazing by the pool in the sun, reading and chatting and having a dip when we needed. We felt like we'd been on holiday and laughed about the reality as we got a few groceries on the way home.

I've been thinking heaps lately about where to from here and the plan always comes back to the dream of running a gite, a home stay, in the south of France. That and traveling with the guests to exotic places. While I was on the treadmill what should I find on the TV but a highlights package of the Paris-Nice cycle race.

I watched as I walked, and walked and walked, watching the tour travel through the small villages in France I love so much. Watching as the riders raced through the beautiful scenery and the places where Muzz and I camped when we followed the Tour de France in 2004. Watching this reinforced to me that mine is a good plan.

So I'll work here with the aim of buying somewhere in France, near the Medit and the hills. Near where the big tours go. This July I have to go back to NZ. The plan for next July just might be an extended trip to France.