Hotel de Lyon Valence

... 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.<br><br>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 ...

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...<br><br>on the road again...<br><br>

Après un été bien au chaud c'est bientôt le départ vers l'Orient...<br>Si je suis encore le nez dans mes valises ma tête est déjà partie.<br>Dans une semaine je serai de nouveau autour de Shanghai pour rencontrer des sculpteurs de racine. Sculpter des racines en Chine est un art presque codé; on doit d'abord trouver une racine d ...

... de Claude Frère. Et surtout, il y a la chambre Amélie de Laurencin qui aurait, dit-on, fait battre le c&#339;ur de Bonaparte, alors jeune lieutenant en garnison à Valence. <br> Et avant de refermer la lourde porte, prenez le temps d'un petit déjeuner servi dans la salle à manger ...

... nature a sauvegardé ses droits offrant des itinéraires à l'infini pour pratiquer de nombreuses activités sportives. Et sur les marchés colorés, les produits du terroir donnent un avant-goût de la gastronomie drômoise... sans oublier les vins de grande qualité qui jouissent d'une réputation légendaire<br> La Drôme des collines - C'est une terre ...

... the back of the house and the bird life is quite fantastic - we will need to get a book I think as I have no idea what most of the birds are. There is a stream at the bottom of the drive where the rocks are covered in moss and the trees reach right down into the water - some small pools for swimming ( the water is FREEZING) and lots of clambering and exploring places for the children. <br><br>

... to the Alps in the<br>East! Gorgeous weather May to September and beautiful vineyards up and down the Rhone Valley.<br><br>I HIGHLY recommend this gorgeous chateau to anyone after a romantic getaway and as far as getting married at the Chateau..WOW. <br><br>http://www.rentfortheholidays.c om/search/details.php?a=rmrent&amp;id=5 0119&amp;h=1<br><br><br>

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.<br><br>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 ...

... Bren was most unhappy for the 20Km.<br> <br><br>Viviers a funny little very old walled town (nasty alleys) but the aire by the river was nice, and has electricity. <br><br> <br><br>

... is over for the season it seems. The B&amp;B guests for the past two weekends have had a chestnut theme so every meal has chestnuts and we take a long hike in the mountains to collect more. Then the guests make jam with them and we get to roast them over an open fire- yeah, like in the Christmas song. It's fantastic. The other WWOOFer, John Paul from Australia, departed on Tuesday- which meant we ...