But I wasn't in France .

Your opinion. It was actually very fun, with not a single bad day.

I get this all the time on my long distance hikes, the people who say I'm not "smelling the roses" when I hike 25 miles over a 14 hour day. But if you make me stop after eight hours and sit in a campsite for the next 16, I'd go nuts. Just different styles for different people, as there are different tools to get different jobs done.