11th July - Montferrat

Made eggs for breakfast and chilled for a while. Seb’s friend Zous-Zous (an ex-monk) took us all to the “cascades” which were little waterfalls that went into a river. I tried to swim but it was far too cold (the water comes straight from the Alps) so we had some photos before going back to our little home

We were then invited to go along to Seb’s friends barbeque. It was in Toulon which was about an hours drive away, and we were told it was being held in a “chateau.” We assumed it would be a castle, but the French use “chateau” for a big house too. We got rather lost on the way there and picked up a hitch-hiker. She was about 40-odd and quite crazy, telling me the only thing she knew in English: that she was going swimming the next day...

When we finally got there, it was firstly quite awkward. We weren’t sure if anyone spoke English and we were quite scared to introduce ourselves. We ate and drank a little. A lady who was a translator made conversation with us, she was lovely! I also met Clement again whom I had met before when I went skiing with Nomeh in January. It was good to see him again so we sat and had a spliff and a chat with him for a while.

We then went inside the “castle” to look for a room to stay in, but there were no furniture or beds and it seemed like it would be full soon so we slept in Zous Zous’s van instead.

<--Alex, Nomeh, Lu and me in the Cascades