I was lucky enough to be able to plan my French trip with Marta and Lluis' current Au Pair Marion. She is French, and was a travel agent in Paris (Perfect!). She helped me settle on an itinerary of: Paris, Pontorson, Tours, Bordeaux and Toulouse.
I jumped on an overnight bus from Frankfurt to Paris (these overnight buses are so painful, but they are super cheap so I just keep on catching them). We arrived at 5:30am which freaked me out a little bit as we were an hour early. Its times like these when I am super grateful to have upgraded from my trusty Nokia before I left NZ to an IPhone because let me tell you, nothing is more handy then being able to look up which Metro to catch at 5:30am in a foreign country!