Hello everybody,
I have to say, sleeping outside can be romantic, but you have to be with two. Because all the beautifull things dissapear in nothing if you have to sleep oustside because there is no place for you, are they cannot help you. They want, but they can't, then I think yeah, yeah right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HyQBbGC3cQ.
But I survived. I slept in front of the monastery like I said, but on a wall of a half a meter high, and I could just lay down on it. The birds woke me up, owkey that's a little romantic even if you are alone, but it was six o'clock in the morning. Doing nothing was no option, so I decided to leave Carcassonne hoping on a better day, with more luck.
But it was freezing on my scooter so early in the morning. The wind was still cold, and the sun didn't woke up yet. Everything was gray, and a beautifull country lose a lot of his beauty. So I hoped to not meet Murphy and his law today and that he saved the rain for later. Anyway I didn't met him, or not in the weather case.
Because after a while the sun came up. Before that I tought I was in really trouble. I needed gasoline and for sure a toilet. But in the little villages I passed by there was nothing open. And there are probleme's with my cart to take money. I think the only probleme is that there is no money on it, haha. So I could not take fuel. But just when I needed fuel lady luck smiled to me and there was a fuelstation, and an old women worked even on sunday morning.
The weather became better and better and the route was nice. Only one probleme, if you have to sleep outside you cannot load your battery of your sellphone, of your photocamera so even you guys will share in my probleme's. But the route changed from industry to sea, beaches without a building in a distance from some kilometres. To very touristic places, so it was a verry variated day.
I arrived already at noon in Montpellier, the city I would stay the night. But the people of the big city's don't feel like help other people so I decided not to stay there and after spending a noon there taking my scooter in the direction of Nîmes.
But I made a capital mistake. I wanted to go to the countryside and I took one exit of the big route I was driving on. La grande Marmotte. I couldn't believe my eyes, only hotels, Casino restaurants and boats. I tought about the worst, and indead it came true.
I asked to more than thirty people if they could help me, but no one could. Even if I said that I slept last night under the open sky. One couple gave me six euro, and I was very gratefull. Some people are really arrogant. Some make jokes, but the most stupid one I heard was the wife who said, and does it not going, sleeping outside. The weather is good. I tought heaven help. Why is a 21-year old guy fighting for solidarity for the child cancer foundation if other people not care about a roof above your head. It makes me angry, it makes me a little dissapointed but I keep on going.
I think back on two nights ago, no I realisy how nice a bed, to sleep alone, can be.
I went to all the hotels, and said I could make publicity on the website who is well visit. But no one could help me. One sympatic girl of the reception gaves me a bottle of water, and three biscuits. But she would not make a call to ask if there was a bed for free. It's not her fault that other people not care about you, it is my fault to take the wrong turn. So today I sleep before a church.
Good night,
Joachim
