La Boisiere Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne

... an unforgettable experience; and unforgettable wine, which we'll be saving a bottle of for our 10th anniversary... when it will be at its prime.

The next day we visited the St. Joseph region of the Rhone; further north. Again, amazing wine and amazing people. You're supposed to call ahead to make an appointment with the smaller chateaus; but since we don't have a phone, our strategy was to drive down the road and pull over wherever we ...

... moitié) dans les pays Scandinaves. J'ai décidé de partir et voyager, parce que j'ai pas vu beaucoup d'endroit encore en Europe( L'aéroport Charles-de-Gaules, Bordeaux, Moulis-en-Médoc, la gare de train à Lyon, Grenoble, pis Morzine). J'ai besoin de voir du pays avant d'être pogné 4 mois et demi sur une pente de ski. Pis le Sud de l'Europe en automne... c'est pas vargeux! Fak j'me dit tant qu'a avoir frette m'a gelé pour vrai, sans trop gelé réellement; héhé!!! Donc, ouin ...

... surement avoir un ptit repit pour pauser mes fesses sur une chaise pis ecrire pendant 3h ce qui c'est passe en 4 semaine(pis en buvant du cafe!!!! je veux tellement boire du cafe vous avez pas idee). Donc....C'est ca qui est sa, comme disait...quelqu'un....

A dans une semaine!!!

P.S. ou 2

... belles boiseries 19ème siècle. L'immense table a été forgée par le maître des lieux ! Et puis n'oubliez pas d'emprunter la volée de marches qui conduit au petit boudoir situé en haut de la tour pour y découvrir la vue sur le Rhône et la vieille ville. Sérieusement, vous aviez ...

... la volée de marches qui conduit au petit boudoir situé en haut de la tour pour y découvrir la vue sur le Rhône et la vieille ville. Sérieusement, vous aviez vraiment pensé repartir?
Contact et informations: www.maisondelapra.com
Maison de la Pra
8 rue de l'équerre
F- 26000 Valence
Tel. + 33(0)670 572 954
Photo: maison de la Pra

... fast.
The campsite electric had both the standard IEE plug as well as the French version at 9amps and there was a water tap on each pylon
There is a small bar and restaurant where you can get meals to eat in your outfit or tent but the bar does close early (7pm) like a lot of establishments in rural France

You know you have been away from home for a long time when you start speaking english the way foreigners do, like in my title.

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... on going to Paris, but if Kristina and Mary come up with a better idea, we just may do that instead. I will be home Saturday the 18th for sure, because that night I will be going to Lyon to see Banane Metalik. So much psychobilly, I think my head may explode. Updates and pictures after I return.

... perhaps ill be meeting a friend from sweden during my stay there. and also hopefully before then my friends from back home in the States will be visiting me. However, right now my priorities are to find a part time job in france to help with expenses because as of now i have enough to pay for rent...and that's it. yeah, it doesnt look so good...i could ask my mom for help but that always makes me feel bad, so ill try to refrain from it ...

... you think until they're kicked away. They're more important in a foreign place because they understand much more implicitly than anyone else, without words or fuss. When you kick them away yourself it's all the more difficult - not that goodbye was ever easy. Still, it's a positive road we've taken away from Lyon but amongst the excitement there's now a place in out hearts for the good times and true friends of these past years. A+