Tuesday, September 23, 2014

How much better can it get?

Tuesday i did begging again like i have done almost every day here in Saint-Tropez.
While doing that two seasonal workers came to talk with me and they were also the first people here who offered me a beer.


In the evening i visited wifi and got a really nice surprise on facebook. One more very nice article about me.


Wednesday morning one man gave me a restaurant vouchers worth 18 €. So i went to a mid ranged restaurant.


There i ordered the daily special dish which costed exactly 18 €



After that i went back to begging.
In the evening one Australian man (on the left) invited me to have some drinks and pizza.


I have seen him and speaking with him almost every day little bit.

Thursday in the day time i did some begging again but the evening turned out to be very sweet.

As i was walking in the port i saw a party on a luxury yacht. Moment later one guy came down and invited me to come aboard.

The first thing they asked was that if i want to have a drink. Like always i said yes and then they asked what i would like.
And i asked what they have to offer and i got response i wasn't expecting.
"That's the cool thing about having a yacht. You can order whatever you want!" They answered.
So i got myself simple rum and coke.


And because earlier they had a dinner with people on a neighbour yacht we went to the other yacht as well.





Somewhere around 1 am we decided that we go to one very nice nightclub.



Around 3am we went back to the first yacht.
And there was also a hot tub on the third deck where we had some more drinks.




Around 5 am the party ended.

Friday for the hole day i had a big hangover so i didn't beg. In the evening i bought a bottle of cider.


It tasted so well because in Italy they don't sell it.
In the evening i was at the port again but nothing special happened.

Saturday was another very good day for me.

In day time i did begging again and in the evening i went to the port.
There i saw one of the seasonal workers from Tuesday again.
He invited me to eat and have a beer.
After what we went to one apartment where was only basic furniture, TV, Playstation, wifi and alcohol. There we had a little party until 4 am.


After that i went back to the port and met really nice yacht owners and crew.


They offered me drinks and food. After they had heard my story they also made a very nice contribution.
They gave me custom made Nike shoes with their yacht name on it.


And its really good because i was planning to buy new shoes 100-150 km from now.
Because they have a hole on the heel part already.


Sunday i did begging for the most part of the day. I also had the first little incident with the police here while begging. Every day police has passed from me and hasn't said nothing but Sunday there where police officers who i haven't seen before.
They said something in french and when i asked if they speak English they just drove away. Usually if they want me to leave they wait until i go. So i don't know.

Monday i was mostly in wifi and upgrading my blog little bit.
I added pages to my blog which you can see right down from the header.

In the evening one girl came to talk with me. And it turned out that she is also Estonian and lives here in Saint-Tropez.


She and her boyfriend offered me a place to sleep in their little pirate boat. Where we had nice evening with wine.



Today we have enjoyed the possibility to speak our native language and wifi.



Right now my plan is to stay here until the end of regatta. Its the biggest event of the year here and it starts 27th September and ends 5th October.

But if the incident's with the police should occur more often i will have to leave before. 
Regagtta would be the perfect chance to earn some money for preperations for winter season. And that means warmer sleeping bag, warmer clothes and with warmer clothes i have to buy a bigger bag as well.


So far 1896 km.

Monday, September 15, 2014

I did some working

Tuesday i still stayed for one more night in Nice and when i was making my last walk trough the city two different groups asked me for a beer so they could hear my story. So the night ended for me at 3 am again and both of the groups also supported me financially.

Wednesday morning i did my shopping and started walking again.
After 20 km of walking i started seeing sandy beaches again which i haven't seen since Genova.


In the evening i arrived in Cannes.
I really liked that city but it didn't seem very reasonable to stop again only after one day of walking.




Some photos little bit after Cannes.



And for a place to sleep i found a spot with a nice view on the edge of a cliff.


Thursdays road was nice but there wasn't many towns on the road where i could get food or water.






Late in the evening when i finally arrived in some town, all the shops were closed.
But i was lucky once again. One guy bought me a nice big chicken salad from a restaurant and two girls gave me a half a bottle of wine.


After that i walked a bit more and went to sleep in some random road side place.


Here in France it hasn't been so easy to get coffee after 8 pm. And most of the km i do after the 30 km mark are with the help of a caffeine.
So Friday morning i went to pharmaceutical place and asked for caffeine tablets. 
And i got these. They are not exactly what i wanted but they do the job.


Fridays walk was only 24 km until Sainte-Maxime.




Sainte-Maxime




There some very nice things happened to me again.

Firstly this nice couple offered me a drink.


Then one girl invited me to a bar to have a coffee and from that bar one man offered me a place to stay. But i had to wait him  for one and a half hours before we could go there.

While i was waiting him the locals treated me very well with food, beers and shots.



Both of them even offered me a place to stay but i already had one.

So he is the guy who gave me hole little house to stay in.


In the night we went to his place where we had few beers and then went to sleep.

My little house.


And his big house in a very good place.





Saturdays morning i also had the first job in my trip even if it was only for 15 minutes.
But he was very generous employer.

After that i started walking to Saint Tropez where i still am currently.

And its a pretty nice place to stay and here's lots of tourists as well.












Here nobody hasnt invited me for a beer yet but many people have supported me financially.

These guys where one of the supporters and they also wanted to get into my blog so here they are.


Mostly here i have been spending my time in the port and talking with people. Sunday i did also little bit begging since i didn't do it a lot in Nice and now there is a little budget hole to fill.

So far 1896 km.