Tuesday 19th - The Inescapable City

Before arriving in France, I was warned by people that the northerners are as rude and unhelpful as londoners, whereas the southerners are far more laid back and cooperative. Bollocks. Upon leaving our hotel, we were forced to walk for miles to the various junctions of the orbital motorway, testing each one for an age to see if anyone was heading in put direction. It didn't matter what our sign read or where we were, the people of Toulouse just wouldn't help us. Except for Jean, who at least gave us a ride to the motorway toll station. After this, we realised exactly how unhelpful people were. Every single person passing us were heading through where we needed to go, but none cared until brothers, Gail and Yuan picked us up. They took us to their awesome organic farm where they demonstrated amazing hospitality. Gail's girlfriend, Estelle, cooked us dinner, Gail gave us a tour and Yuan spent the whole time hitting on Aguet, while Nat and I amused ourselves. These guys have travelled the world, especially Yuan who does humanitarian and eco-activism work in the Amazon. We had a really chilled out evening and rolled out our sleeping bags in their spare room.