Comfort Inn Valence

... just on the outskirts is where they make the good stuff.

On our way up to Burgundy, we went through Boujoulais to try a couple more wines. Of course we're barely missing Boujoulais Nouveau, the big festival that happens in 2 weeks, but we still got to try some very good Gamay. And at unbelievable prices... some of the best of the best Boujoulais is around 5 bucks a bottle. We drank that with lunch.
Then it was off to Burgundy... Stay tuned!

Maison de la Pra : en plein cœur de la vieille ville de Valence





Un coup de cœur ! Voilà pourquoi Diane et Henri-Jean Bayart ont acheté cet hôtel particulier du 15ème siècle. Protégée par une lourde porte en bois, cette demeure ...

la Drôme un département extraordinaire
La Drôme, c'est la rencontre des Alpes et de la Provence dont elle a déjà l'accent chaleureux et parfumé... La culture y est omniprésente : de châteaux en Palais comme celui... Idéal du facteur Cheval, de festivals de musique et de théâtre en artisanat d'art à découvrir dans de vieux villages préservés. Ici ...

Bonjour mes ami,
This will give you some idea of where we are and what sort of countryside is around us -
We are living about a km outside of St Barthelemy on the road to Lamastre and about 7 km from Lamastre. St B is very small and has little except for houses, school, a mairie ( the council which each town has) and a bar which is also the post office and bread depot. Each town by ...

Possibly the most romantic destination EVER, the Chateau Du Bijou is very beautiful and totally away from it all, but only just! We spent the weekend exploring the Ardeche and Drome
areas, situated either side of the Rhone Valley, which are both also really beautiful
and unspoilt holiday destinations. No crowded beaches, but fresh rivers
for ...

... 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.

The French keyboqrd is "azerty", not "qwerty" like in Cqnqdq: qnd so zhen you type you get qll kinds of strqnge zords: qnd punctuqtion: I guess the ,ost noticeqble szitch is the q zhich is q a insteqd111: Zhen I type I reqlly hqve to pqy qttention to the keyboqrd or I ,qke qll ...

We ;have a wonderful place to stay at Dan's home in Agnin south of Lyon. It was wonderful to have Dan visit us at the Gite and now we will visit him at his lovely home with sweeping vistas of the surrounding countryside. We enjoyed hiking in the Mountains with him ...

... back in the car to go see the Barcelona-Lyon soccer game in a British pub in Saint Paul (north of the Old Lyon neighborhood, on the banks of the Saone River). Let's not comment on the game, it was absolutely awful. It was the 8th final of the European Cup and although Lyon is the best French team, what can we do in front of the best soccer team in the world? (it hurt when Thierry Henry, a French player belonging to the Barcelona team scored two goals 5 minutes apart) :-(

... uploaded, btw). Our time on the farm has been great. We got some needed rest, got some needed feeling of routine and we saved a lot of money. We have met a lot of French people with the B&B and friends of the farmer and found that they vary greatly in disposition (as do Americans and all other people, I suppose). Some we would like to spend more time with. Others we can leave. Mostly though, it's been good. The Halloween ...