yo epepplz...

again getting very annoyed at damn french keyboard although im beginning to get used to it still havnt found the postraphe though) also the webcam is hidden inside the nose of a puppy soft toy perched on top of a speaker. i would take a photo but the only camera i have with me is the webcam itself...

anyways, moved on from the alps an cycling down mountains faster than is sensible, im now in the Auvergne region. famous for extinct volcanoes, Rochefort cheese, and for being the producer of 70% of frances cutlery. today wee cycled around the base of one of said volcanoes, Puy de Dome. at its summit there is a radio mast resembling a rectal thermometer.

(there wasn't snow there today (its the summer) its just that this is the best pic google images could offer)

while cycling down a prticularly steep hill today my back brake decided to wear out and my front brake decided to disintegrate. the resulting collision with a tree was painful but expected. other than that there isn't much else to report. weve done no more damage to the car and none of us have died. yet....

...I would have bailed off the bike.
Nice rectal thermometer though.

Looks serene.  Do you have a backup bike?

(curently leeching french wifi)

now left campsite and sitting in a service station. will post more tonight. curently on the way to my cousins place near poitiers. cyall later!