Cognac

An extremely long 434 km drive to Cognac proved to be worth it. Initially we drove to a town around 140 km away from Cognac which once again was an extremely nice place to park for free. It even had a place to do dishes. That being said, it was around 4pm and I knew that Julie wanted to be in Cognac for Halloween. In my wisdom I suggested to continue on and make our way to our final destination of Cognac. I have to say, this drive was probably the more eventful one we’ve had. We first got stopped along one of the back roads by a herd of cows and a few farmers guiding them. The van was pretty intimidating for the cows. The second time we had to stop was for an accident, a car rolled over in the ditch. The back roads are very windy and I can see that it would happen a lot. I mentioned earlier that day light savings has taken affect; well we seemed to have forgotten that when that happens the days are shorter. When we left to finish the drive to Cognac, at around 4:30, it was still sunny. It took only a matter of minutes before the sun started to set and almost the entire drive was done in the dark. Once in Cognac we found a parking lot, but no sign of the aire de camping, at least not until I got out of the van and took a look around. The aire de camping has room for 4 RV’s and all the spots were taken. That being said we spent the night parked in the parking lot. It is so much warmer here in Cognac it was worth the drive. Oh, and today marks our 100th day in Europe.