I didn't quite get to the impressions in the last update, so here goes....... my overall impressions of France...... Well, I LOVED it even though I wasn't feeling great most of the time!! The people are friendly and so polite - everybody greets you and they are so helpful. Even waiting in the doctors office, a young woman walked in and greeted everybody although we were complete strangers. The doctor saw each of his patients out of the door and called each one personally (no receptionist). The food is great - we didn't eat out, but the quality of the fruit and veg in the supermarket was excellent - it appears they get the far better stuff like cucumbers from Spain than we do in the UK, because even the non-organic are tasty. You could buy a whole pigs head at E.Leclerc if you like (just an ordinary supermarket like Sainsbury's). Far more variety and far more seasonal than in the UK. The roads are excellent - charging tolls really does keep the roads in good condition and even the more minor roads are a pleasure to drive on. Bins, bins everywhere - and some of them even separated for recycling, no problems getting rid of your rubbish. And, of course free or cheap places to fill up and empty out your camping-car and even some of them with places to stay for the night - usually a carpark, often in town, but you can always find somewhere to stop for the night. The only thing I didn't like about France was all the graffiti (in the same category as tatoos - tacky) and it's everywhere, every bridge, abandoned building, farm building in a remote field, just everywhere - really spoils the scenery!! I think we would both like to spend more time in France, in the summer!!