Tuesday July19

hey we are now in Saints, France we were planning on going to Cognac but at the train stop we didnt think it looked interesting so we kept going to Saintes- Ah train passes are great freedom!!! So Futurscope was interesting, the actual park was a cool concept, all rides were 3d or some other form of technology, we had a couple favorites, a round dome theater that took you into space and a very cool well done 3d movie about apollo 11 ( fictional) Also the first ride we went on was a surprise it was dynamic seats that shook, moved, twisted and simulated wind and water that sprayed at you it was cool but it was a little to shaky for my old bones and Corey's cracked egg. The downside of Futuroscpe was that you needed a car for the area, basically it was in the middle of a feild with only hotels and the park, so we were stuck at our hotel and were forced to eat at its french buffet (upside fried zuchinni down side everything else) oh well it was a experience!!
Today we searched for a hotel in Saintes, met the grumpiest most useless tourism office agent so far, when we went in there and asked for help for a hotel she said "what do you want me to do?" dumbfounded at that question we basically said nothing asked for a bus scedual and left to figure it out on our own. ( sidenote- all other tourism offices thus far have been extreemly friendly and helpful) So we found a hotel by the station ( bounus less carrying time for bags when we leave) we are tired for our big Futurscope day yesterday so we walked around a bit, watched the impending rain storm come and go, pick up some supper staples- baguette, goat cheese, jam, salami and are going to settle in for the night. Tomorrow, well it will depend on the weather, you see we were suposed to go to a seaside resort today -Royan but there was a weather warning for 100-110km wind so we figured that wasnt good beach weather so we came here instead but it looks like its supposed to rain in France till next Wednesday so we may leave for Spain early we will let you know!!