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... route. Stops in the Medieval town of Colmar and the picturesque village of Riquewihr are included. Experience the charm of medieval Colmar in its historic center and the picturesque timber-framed houses in the village of Riquewihr."

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... and we began to worry that we were facing one casserole each. Eventually they stopped at five casseroles and started to serve us, each person having to have exactly the same serving of pigs trotter (complete with toenails), lamb chops, stewing steak, carrots and potatoes – phew.

Now back in blighty we don’t want to get back on the scales….. soon, soon.

Next week back in Colombo until the end of October.

... mais c'est déjà dépaysant. après le musée des Beaux Arts le Dimanche Matin, on profite d'un temps digne de celui que j'ai laissé sur Avignon pour aller prendre l'air et la verdure au parc Botanique et zoologique de Mulhouse qui vaut vraiment un détour.

... so excited...and then I was able to have an iron and board delivered to the room...seventh heaven..I'd been clean but wrinkly...now I felt much more au fait with the world.
Colmar, which you may have noticed on the Tour de France coverage is a town full of colourful half timbered houses as well as the usual sprinkling of fine public and religious buildings. It has a mini statue of Liberty as the sculptor ...

... affordable wine thanks to some young vintners (the French equivalent of 4H, I suppose.) Attila had a bottle of wine and I had a tarte flambe... a sort of thin-crust pizza with ham and onions and without the sauce. After lunch, we cruised the town and did a little shopping for souvenirs. I checked out the Unterlinden museum, but not being an art officienado, I found it a little flat.

We ...

So here I am sitting at Jen,s watching Paul and the boys swim and loving every minute of it! This was automatically more relaxing, although Naveed won,t let me nap, he does offer an awesome cuddle.

Last night we relaxed on the patio of their wonderful house and had delicious Iranian food with Mariam, Hussein,s mother. She tries in vain to teach me some Farci, I am not a quick learner.

Today we ...

... was the site of 2 World Wars and somehow managed to not get destroyed. Rolling hills, picturesque little villages in rolling hills and some of the best food and wine in France.

... hours for the drugs to wear off and then he was his usual energetic self, chasing his toys around my new apartment.

I just moved into this new place on Friday night and then spent most of Saturday at Ikea trying to fill up the two empty rooms. I came home with a kitchen table and chairs and ordered a wardrobe that will arrive tomorrow, when I'm at the airport in Milan waiting for my flight ...

... so, so, so, so, so cold but oh so refreshing. The water was so cold that I decided that I can never shower in public again.. Severe shrinkage, there should have been a warning sign. We got some rays and by the time we had had enough we were able to go back to the hostel to change. We had to pay for our stay and after handing the money over to our gay Italian friend, he became very friendly; sankyou verymarch!! We went out for dinner and actually had a nice meal for the first ...

This morning we started out in Frieberg, Germany then we drove towars a little town for a wine tasting. On our way there we passed through the town of the man who built the statue of liberty. Then we went to the Alsatian wine village in Riquewir for a wine tasting. The town was gorgeous with flowers everywhere.