Kayaking through the Champagne region of France, from the English Channel to the Mediterranean, in search of the sun, was not what Foster expected. Except perhaps the wintery March weather. Years later, Foster returned to the Mediterranean to paddle to the Atlantic. In balmy September, his plan was to follow the historic Canal du Midi through Languedoc wine country to Toulouse, and then through the Bordeaux wine region to the Gironde estuary and the ocean.
