Tracking Le Grand Meaulnes
L is the word
Queing for food
Stansted. Olaf. How many more time?
Waiting for the french dream
Rob likes to sleep when he sits
A passport, a book and a guide to wine. Proper tourists
Tours, hotel de ville
First, you gently shake it
... a mmm, and, oh, there's just like the faintest soupçon of like, uh, cheesburger
But I like it!
And the first is gone
Bonjour Nancay
He's an happy man
The church in Nancay
Meaulnes is a local hero
Inside the Small Church
More wine tasting
Some weird voodoo dolls
The Museum in Angillon. Closed
Alain Fournier: a hero ever here
The Castle in Angillon. Closed. Those lazy french!
A sad tree in Angillon
The castle, rear view
Olafmeister and Robster
The castle and Rob, in the corner
Here Fournier was born many year ago.
Nice house
More wine tasting. Third great bottle
Best restaurant (of the two operating) in Nancay
La Chapelle D'Angillon - we're back!
Our tourguide, the sweet Mathilde
Secret passages in the castle
The view from the top tower
A young Alain Fournier
A young french girl
A not too young Olaf
An almost old Rob
Robert and Mathilde discussing le Grand Meaulnes
The tomb
Rob in the museum
Fournier in the moustache period
Bourges - the massive cathedral
Nice gothic style
Looking at God, somewhere up there
Not many people around on Saturday afternoon
We'll get there
Inside the Big Church
Climbing the tower. Rob should get fitter
I'm at the top of the world! Wooooo!
Finally (two hours later) Rob arrives
We've done it!
Closer to God. A bit windy though
Vertigo
My navigator
Thank you, police is there, I know
Fournier's School. No computers.
Fournier's kitchen. No microwave.
Fournier's room. No telly.
With these toys, who needs a playstation?
They really had great times back there
An original preserved school table
Meaulne. The emotional end of Robert's mission.
Yes! Time to get drunk!
Back in tours, a quick trousers change.
More great bottles!
Tours, the street with all the nice restaurants. Chinese.
Waiting for food during the last evening
Getting trashed at the local Irish pub
Yes Rob, I'm listening to you...
.. but something distracts me
The last crepes of the night
Next morning. Breakfast in the empty hotel
An impressive amount of km (remove the first 5000)
Glory to Hertz!
Cleaning the car. I'm such a good guy...