Day #2 - Tue 08/04/08

Today has been fairly full but also good fun. We started off with the Town Hall Reception - a couple of speeches, some free food and drinks and we got to meet some people who are taking part in some of the other concerts we are performing at later this week. Oh, and someone from Pile (just 5mins drive from my home in Bridgend) too! The Mayor's speech was made in English but Jenny was still asked to translate for some reason....

Anyway we actually got there a bit early so had time to take a look at Nantes Cathedral first - apparently it burnt down in 1972 and so many of the designs in there are very modern.

Once we had grabbed a spot of lunch, we jumped on the mini road train which took us on a tour of the City. The announcements were in French but they gave us a convenient English transcript of the complete voiceover so that was all fine.

A quick stop at a bakery for a meringue, a look around Nantes castle, including a walk of the ramparts, and then it was back to the hostel for our first concert. It wasn't the biggest audience in the world, but the bus driver did clap very enthusiastically...


I've had an extremely nice meal in an equally nice restaurant this evening, including the largest portions of profiteroles (each the size of a clenched fist) I've ever seen for desert!

That's all for today apart from these Scottisms:
"Everytime you eat pickle, you kill a baby"
"The urinal is out in the open... but it might have been a sink!"

It's only fair that I point out that I'm still being my usual clumsy self - listen to the start of the podcast and you'll hear me pause while a tractor goes past. Straight after I restart talking, you can hear me walking into a bin....

Rhys
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