The Sleeping Giant

For all those waiting since the 22 August last year the time for arousal has arrived with, at today's date, just 104 days before we set out upon our extended stay in the south of France.Arrangements are well in hand with airlines, accomodation, and Ciroen motor car all organised. In general terms we leave Brisbane on 19 April and travel to Hong Kong via Melbourne. A four day stopover will see us on our way to London then Toulouse where we pick up our car on 24 April. We will arrive at our destination, Caunes-Minervois, on the 25th. We return via London on 13 July where a couple of days will be spent catching up on the sights we missed during the 'Ashes Tour'. Our flight home includes a four day stopover in Shanghai before arriving back in Australia on 21 July 2006. I suspect we are going to have a lot to talk about and certainly look forward to publishing a daily journal. If you would like to see where we are staying have a look at www.leslavandieres.com . We have rented 'La Gaillarde'.