right then.

okay. sod the travelogue. i should have determined before now that i lack the attention span to see one of those things through, at least for a three week journey. suffice it to say, we went to verchocq, bayeux, fontenay le conte, bergerac (home of cyrano), beynac (where they filmed 'the messenger' with milla jovovich), bayonne (where i saw my first and only bullfight), cuenca (see the entry on fontenay le conte), orgiva (where we stayed with friends, eating home-cured olives and reading a lot), valencia (this was a driveby visit--we got swept off the freeway, took a look, said 'pretty' and then got back on the road), barcelona, sarlat, perpignan (i rode a carousel!), carcassonne...and that's about it. we booked it back to calais after that.

ANYWAY. sorry it wasn't more informative, but the dour looks it was giving me in response to its total neglect was preventing me from making such announcements as: after getting nearly a foot of it chopped off, i now have Agent Scully-circa-1998 hair (after seven years of trying). the pile left on the floor in the salon was a topic of comment and awe.

AND I'M COMING HOME IN A WEEK.

how's THAT for news!