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... if you can for Ike's birthday.) We walked around the quiet Chateau grounds along a pond walking path before we headed for Sarragon Caves near Les Baux.

Les Baux is a picturesque Middle Ages village carved into the stone and a very popular tourist attraction ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Baux-d e-Provence .) Which explains why we drove passed it and straight up to the Caves de Sarragan ( http://www.caves-sarragan.com/anglais.h tm .) Sarragan lies directly across from ...

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The flight was great, in a new plane, and we landed in Nice only to discover we had to travel from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 to pick up our rental car. While that ...

Distance covered: 68 miles

As we were leisurely packing up our tents I heard a loud shreak which can only be described as a feminine homosexual man being confronted by blood thirsty wolverines. But when I turned to see Alex close to tears due to a stick insect I couldnt help but laugh. Apparently he thought a stick was on his arm and when he went to knock it off it started walking. Although I ...

7 days in the small village of Miradoux in Gascony ... living in a surprisingly large 4 bedroom house overlooking a patchwork valley and touring through beautiful ...

It was a long day on the bus, but we finally made it to Provence. On the way we stopped in Avignon to see the Pope's Palace and then made our way to the Roman Aqueduct. After dinner in Provence, we stumbled upon a crazy street party with a DJ. It was fun experience to dance with the locals and get a feel for the flavor of the town. We are off to Barcelona tomorrow!

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20 minutes grumbling thunder preceeded a violent storm, force 8+, rain and big hailstones. Dave went out in pants only to save the awning from being blown off!

Nightingales (rossinol?) sang after the storm, and again in the morning.

... the nearest dry dock was in Toulouse about 10 days solid cruising away. The barge was on the River Lot - this is not part of the main canal system and is a new area being opened up for Tourism. The river Lot feeds into the River Baise and you need to traverse a 4 km stretch before you enter the main canal system. Unfortunately there had been a drought and there was not enough water for us to ...

... their riders, many in traditional costumes. Apparently we had arrived in town during the Fete de Cheval (The Festival of Horses). It was quite a spectacular site to see the already magnificent courtyard in front of the palace filled with horses. We wandered around on the top of the large rock that the Palace is built atop and experienced first hand what is known as the Mistral. This part of France is known for being extremely windy, with these crazy winds called the Mistral, which ...

... behind a very slow truck. On the way up a zigzag hill the truck activated its left turn indicator. I told Margaret that I had read that this could mean that the driver was letting us know that it was safe to overtake. What I failed to add was that it could also mean that the truck was about to turn left. Taking me at my word, Margaret overtook at great speed on the crest of the hill, only to find several cars heading towards her in the other direction. She ...

... e was the wint** solitude and the unemployment in a region with few industries. Howard from Rose D'Armagnac thought the area was a goldmine for those with an eye for restoration and rural life. "It´s only a matt** of time before this region is discov**ed," he said. We had a difficult time discov**ing Larressingle, which is hidden off the main road between Montreal and Condom. It is a 13th century fortified villages built by the Gascon barons and was the principle ...