Ordinarily, I'd be delighted to have an excuse to revisit La Rochelle but last Friday I went to Bordeaux for the day to catch a lunchtime concert by the Trio Mephista (http://www.sylviecourvoisier.com/projects.htm). Unfortunately, because the TGV was over an hour late, I missed the whole thing. I was so furious with SNCF that I couldn't even enjoy the rest of my afternoon in Bordeaux (and the train coming back was also late). Anyway, I'm afraid that's used up my quota of pointless excursions till at least February.