tuesday 31 march 2009

it was time to leave paris and start the journey to our next destination, a chateau in the beaujolais wine region.

we arrived late afternoon to our second stop and we were greeted by the contiki site reps again as well as a few extras.

the chateau

(i should mention at this point that the other tour who left the same day as us was always known as ‘the purple bus’. we were ‘the blue bus’ aka ‘contiki blue’. any reference to the purple bus means the coach with all the boys)

anyways, the purple bus had been there there night before and were gearing up early for our first party night – theme = tight bright and sparkly. as you probably already know, whenever there is a chance to dress up the men will always dress in women’s clothes so it really shouldn’t have been any surprise to us that there were a few guys dressed up, heels and all.

so we sorted out rooms, unpacked our bags and headed over to the winery for a tasting of some wine from the beaujolais region. the wine went down well and the cheese wasn’t bad either. as for the eau de vie (water of life), i think i’ll pass on the rocket fuel thanks.

i had a short nap before dinner while some showered and finished unpacking etc. after dinner everyone headed back up stairs to prepare for our first party night. everyone was in a great mood and looking forward to a great night. funnily enough i was the first one to descend into ‘the cave’ and had a good ol’ chat to the barman sean while i waited for everyone else to finish primping and priming and get their butts downstairs.

the night went on and much alcohol was consumed. for some, it was more than others….

tara got a little greedy..

it was certainly interesting watching the group dynamics  between the two tours. all the boys from the purple bus wanted to be on our tour and majority of the 18 single girls on contiki blue wanted to be on the purple bus it was also funny to see the outfits that people can come up with out of theirs and their room mates luggage with very short notice.

nichole, me, tegan and jenny

there were many hook ups between the tours whether it was just a kiss or something more. i did manage to hook myself a catch in the young byron. shame he wasn’t on my tour…

me and byron

the night ended about 2am or 3am or something ridiculous like that and we all toddled off to bed.