{"id":784,"date":"2011-09-10T10:56:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T10:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/?p=784"},"modified":"2014-09-19T13:48:38","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T11:48:38","slug":"the-sun-joins-la-giraudiere-on-our-day-trip-to-la-rochelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/the-sun-joins-la-giraudiere-on-our-day-trip-to-la-rochelle\/","title":{"rendered":"The sun joins La Giraudiere on our day trip to La Rochelle!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/784\/hugh.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-820\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-820 alignleft\" title=\"Hugh\" src=\"http:\/\/lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Hugh-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Hugh-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Hugh.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>This Friday morning we all woke up bright and early for our three-weekly day trip! Firstly however, we had to say our goodbyes to Hugh who has been here for the past five weeks working hard on various jobs; he will be making his journey back to England this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>We set off towards La Rochelle, stopping at Pons on the way for a coffee before carrying on towards our destination. On arrival, we headed down to the\u00a0<em>Bus de Mer<\/em> which would take us across the see to other side of La Rochelle for a spot of lunch. Afterwards was free time, so Paul, Mark, Gayle and Derrick decided to walk back instead of taking the <em>Bus de mer<\/em> to see some other parts of La Rochelle while John, Irvin, Marlou, Emily and Emilie took the <em>Bus de mer<\/em> back so that we could explore some of the La Rochelle towers. La Rochelle has three famous ones by the harbour, we chose to go up the <em>Tour de la Chaine<\/em> (The Chain Tower in English) to see some nice views of La Rochelle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/LG_at_La_Rochelle-300x190.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-817\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-817\" title=\"Lunch at La Rochelle\" src=\"http:\/\/lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/LG_at_La_Rochelle-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/LG_at_La_Rochelle-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/LG_at_La_Rochelle-471x300.jpg 471w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/LG_at_La_Rochelle.jpg 879w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>On our way back we ate at Trucker&#8217;s for a delicious meal at a great price before making our way down to p\u00e9tanque for Irvin&#8217;s last evening here at LG. We played some great games and headed down to Saint Bernard&#8217;s after for a well deserved drink and said our goodbyes to Irvin seeing as he&#8217;d be heading off early in the morning. Despite the early start we headed back around midnight to get some sleep after a fun packed day.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some photos from the day:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_789\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/784\/la_rochelle.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-789\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-789\" class=\"size-full wp-image-789\" title=\"La Rochelle Harbour\" src=\"http:\/\/lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/la_rochelle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/la_rochelle.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/la_rochelle-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/la_rochelle-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/la_rochelle-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left tower: St Nicolas Tower; Right tower: Tour de la Chaine<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_792\" style=\"width: 232px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/784\/la_rochelle_st_nicolas_tower.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-792\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-792\" class=\"size-large wp-image-792  \" title=\"St Nicolas Tower\" src=\"http:\/\/lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/La_rochelle_St_Nicolas_tower-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"393\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St Nicolas Tower at La Rochelle<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_795\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/784\/la_rochelle_lantern_tower.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-795\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-795\" class=\"size-large wp-image-795    \" title=\"The Lantern Tower\" src=\"http:\/\/lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/La_Rochelle_Lantern_Tower-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/La_Rochelle_Lantern_Tower-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/La_Rochelle_Lantern_Tower-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/La_Rochelle_Lantern_Tower.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lantern Tower<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_798\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/784\/la_rochelle_view.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-798\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-798\" class=\"size-large wp-image-798\" title=\"View of La Rochelle\" src=\"http:\/\/lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/la_rochelle_view-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/la_rochelle_view-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/la_rochelle_view-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/la_rochelle_view-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/la_rochelle_view.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A beautiful view of La Rochelle from up the Tour de la Chaine<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Friday morning we all woke up bright and early for our three-weekly day trip! Firstly however, we had to say our goodbyes to Hugh who has been here for the past five weeks working hard on various jobs; he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/the-sun-joins-la-giraudiere-on-our-day-trip-to-la-rochelle\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4121,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions\/4121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}