Akena City Hotel Bollene-Montelimar, France

... was a stop along the way. So we headed to our track. However, the signage was confusing and we ended up going downstairs only to learn we had gone right by our track, which was upstairs. We scurried onto the correct track and hopped on our train with only a couple of minutes to spare.

When we went to our reserved seats, a man was sitting in one of them. It turns out that we were on the wrong car and we had to ...

found a great little town in Provence.. and as they say "when in Rome (Provence)"... we had a great meal in true french restaurant... happy to be away from tourist food... and had some very nice red wine........ just a stopover but a friendly little place and nice hotel...

on the road again...

Curse the Mistral - it has been blowing for 3 days non stop and it is gale force and freezing cold. It appears to have abated slightly this afternoon and our local guide informed us that it stops after either 3 days, 6 days or 9 days so we are hopeful. Last night it ws like sleeping under a jet ready for take off all night. Poor Big Mama got rocked around and it takes a lot to move her. A big ...

... and i haven't been in touch, but i'm here now.....i think i will just need to have jason drive me there before i loose my nerve....

so i was told at dinner that the ******* had plateaued off today as i did not feed him any salad. i think thats a bit of a misnomer, as plateau seems to imply level off to normal levels, but in this case, its like level off at 80% instead of 120%. so basically, i am destined to a life ...

... and visited one of three remaining Roman theaters in the world. It is 2,000 years old and has been to Hell and back, but it's still standing and people perform operas there. A statue of the Emperor looks out at the audience from the top to remind everyone who is in charge. We were told that his head is removable so that they didn't have to create a whole new statue every time power changed hands; just pop off the head and replace it. When ...

... also a player in this dish. I tried Lucy's salmon and it was excellent. The mousse spread on bread was particularly good.

For her main course Lucy had sea bream filets and scallops on fish mousse, cardomon flavor and Norway lobster cream. I had tartiflette with fresh salmon, reblochon cheese and potatoes. It came in a little ceramic pot, rather like a classic French onion soup with the cheese melted on top. It was ...

... wandered up and down the main streets in search of la internet, and even asked at a couple of hotels but no one seemed to understand what we were asking for. Having assumed "internet" would be understood worldwide, we weren't really sure how else to ask. Eventually this man in a little deli was so keen to help that he kept making us repeat it. "In-ter-net" we all tried saying, slowly and articulately. We probably stood there for about 5 minutes ...

2009年7月27日
$ 335;线：Lyon(法ࢲ 9;里昂) -> 高速+国道 -> Cavaillon(普罗旺Ą 31;地区小镇) -> Avignon

中午过 后我们来到 ;了香瓜之໭ 5;Cavaillon,住下了 5292;在附 ...

Week 2 is echt voorbij gevlogen!! We hadden dan ook zeer veel werk (het opmeten en in schaal uittekenen van het magazijn) waardoor we deze week zelfs bijna 4 overuren hebben gemaakt...Op 5 dagen.. Naast ons werk kregen we ook nog wat info over de invoering van nieuwe auto-onderdelen in het systeem en hielden we ons ook nog bezig met het Kaizen project. We hadden een hele powerpointpresentatie gemaakt en, zoals al vermeld denk ik, hebben we ze woensdag ...

... In addition, they had flowers on the table, wine in the fridge, and the local "calissons" (candies). Plus there is a private hot tub and a swimming pool. So we enjoyed just having such a relaxing place to live in this week. It will be hard to go back to Paris next weekend to a potentially shoddy hotel room! Today we drove to Aix-en-Provence where we've enjoyed the summer temperatures (summer by Vancouver standards ...