Novotel Macon Nord

... out of 16 required!) so we boldly decided that this was too challenging and to give up and head on to the next one. Walking back to the car, we found a French Patisserie, and some of the most amazing looking food I've ever seen...all sorts of sweet foods, really well presented and they looked so good I had to try some, so I went for the chocolate profiteroles, and they tasted just as good as they looked.

First stop for the day ...

... snuck away from morning service and boarded the public bus for one Euro fifty cents. I took the bus until a petite ville beckoned. I hopped off and had an adventure.
I stayed at Taize and led a contemplative life. Yet, if truth be told, I also snuck away, and discovered hidden treasures in the neighboring French countryside. Both kept me going. And the memories will keep me going.

... br> Here, around these South Seas isles, a romantic sunset sea sends giant curls of turquoise breaking onto the colorful reefs that protect the tranquil lagoons of warm, bright-emerald waters and white coral-sand beaches.

Closer Than You Think

Easier to travel to than you ...

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Five months in France!!!!! We decided to celebrate with a visit from Jon's brother Steve and his wife Anne. We showed them the sights of Lyon and hiked through the Beaujolis. Jon and I are becoming big fans of hiking in the Beaujolis. It is a very short drive from Ecully. It also gives Sizemore a chance to run around off of her leash. Enjoy the pictures!

... by the time I got there. If I had any spare time, I would spend it in the church because it was warm and dry - so that was nice quiet time that I enjoyed very much. "And in the afternoon meetings, the Korean brother (who led the meetings) came around to each discussion groups (0f about 6 people - 2 French, 2 German,1 American and me in the group I was in). He asked everyone where they were from ...

Les russes veulent enfin de nous!!! Après quelques péripéties, nous avons obtenu notre visa pour la russie (qui a quand même couté 223 euros à Laura! Il fait pas bon être américain...). Visa touristique de 1 mois du 26 septembre au 25 octobre 2008. Nous devrons nous présenter tous les 2 jours à un poste de police pour montrer que nous sommes ...

... Elle a d'ores et déjà son billet de retour pour Portland, Oregon le 14 février 2009, personnellement, j'attends de voir mon attitude et ma motivation, mais il se pourrait que j'enchaine vers l4ustralie... L'esprit de Transasia 2008 se fait plus ou moins dans la même volonté de celui de Francafrique 2007, c'est à dire, le besoin de partir à la rencontre de nouvelles populations, apprendre de nouveaux modes de vie (même s'il sera certes ...

... town square. I finally said to Ed that I needed to rest and maybe read a paper and should we sit and have a drink at a café. He was amenable. It was great for him as the shops are all closed on Monday, so the place was packed with presumably people off work. I got the local paper, where I found that a man who had been a touristic car thief was being sentenced. He had stolen a car near the Swiss border and driven it until it ran out ...

hey all so our next stop around a little trip was to lyon in the south of france. Here we stayed with a friend of my dad's Raja. It was a very short stop over but a good one for many reasons. The first is that Lisa and i washed the entire contents of our packs! The only thing i didnt wash was one top that i wore going out and we hadn't done too much of that. The second ...