Montpellier in the south of France. It was a fully loaded day - first
to say our goodbyes (and take loads of photos!) at the TOTAL corporate
headquarters, and then about 800 km of driving to the south...
Our highlights included...
- Being treated like celebrities by the photographers / papparazzi in
front of Tour Coupole - Just missing a ride around the Arc de Triomphe
- Driving in convoy - 7 Total cars - to the south, and passing a Total
tanker and beeping as we went passed - Nearly running out of petrol and being forced to make an emergency
stop at the Shell garage (how embarrassing with our 4x4 plastered in
Total stickers) - Losing the convoy and ending up in fog so thick we couldn't see more
than a foot in front of us, and finding ourselves lost in an
industrial wasteland - Being pulled over by the police under spurious pretenses, but then
receiving a personal escort to our hotel
We have spent this morning checking in and 'becoming Gazelles' (along
with a model and a star of the French equivalent of Pop Idol /
American Idol) and are soon about to board our 40 hour ferry to
Morocco.
