Reynaud Tournon

... Most places we visited were 4th or 5th generations of the same family producing the same Syrah.

Our last day in the Rhone we did the other side of the bank; H'ermitage, and Crozes H'ermitage. (Yes Gretchen; we're bringing a bottle). Something we learned is that the villages themselves are not always where to find the best wine of the region. Crozes H'ermitage is the tiniest town way back in the hills with hardly any winieries in it ...

... belles boiseries 19ème siècle. L'immense table a été forgée par le maître des lieux ! Et puis n'oubliez pas d'emprunter la volée de marches qui conduit au petit boudoir situé en haut de la tour pour y découvrir la vue sur le Rhône et la vieille ville. Sérieusement, vous aviez ...

... 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
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.

... and swimming (lovely cool fresh water from the Alps and
the Massif Central). This huge flat valley, surrounded by beautiful
mountain ranges on both side I imagine would also be an ideal location for a family holiday.
The Chateau itself is really lovely and the 63 acres of grounds include
a forest, private 'mountain' with 100 mile ...

... time differential it was 07:30 before we started to drive through France
A Pleasant site with loads for kids to do and lots of swimming pools a water slides to play on it advertises fishing but I think that is a little enthusiastic as 80% of the river was dried up although after rain it apparently gets quite deep ...

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... ning *sking him questions *bout his tummy... Est-ce que tu *s f*it pipi? (Did you go number 1?) Non, m*is j'*i f*it c*cc* six fois!!! (I don't think this needs to be tr*nsl*ted...) Stress does * number of odd things to your body when you're * confused *nd sc*red child... I *woke *g*in *t 5*m by the ch*tting of the 15yr old boys who "couldn't go to sleep"...but then *g*in *t 8h15 they couldn't get out of bed to go down for bre*kf*st... Before I st*rt let me tell you ...

... petit coup de TGV et nous voila dans nos familles pour dire au revoir, promettre d'etre prudent et d'envoyer des cartes postales. Le 03/09/2006, nous avons enfin nos sacs sur le dos... En un clin d'oeil, nous voila a l'aeroport de Lyon pour prendre notre premier avion... Vindiou! Ca y est, on est parti!

... things you would never have the chance to back home, almost every Erasmus student I have met is open and friendly , you have to be to enjoy the experience I guess, if youre considering going on Erasmus or further afield outside europe I would strongly encourage you to do it, you only live once and when else would I have had the chance to drink champagne at about 2600M, learn to climb, live with two crazy italians whilst learning a ...