Gites Roche Colombe Soyons

... just on the outskirts is where they make the good stuff.

On our way up to Burgundy, we went through Boujoulais to try a couple more wines. Of course we're barely missing Boujoulais Nouveau, the big festival that happens in 2 weeks, but we still got to try some very good Gamay. And at unbelievable prices... some of the best of the best Boujoulais is around 5 bucks a bottle. We drank that with lunch.
Then it was off to Burgundy... Stay tuned!

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...

on the road again...

... en bois dur. Souvent ce sont des bois presque fosilisés dont on peut voir de façon très marquée les veines celles-ci dessinent des arabesques qui vont être utilisées pour donner sens à la sculpture. Au départ le sculpteur n'avait pas le droit de modifier la racine , juste la polir aujourd'hui il a le droit de sculpter le bois ...

Maison de la Pra : en plein cœur de la vieille ville de Valence





Un coup de cœur ! Voilà pourquoi Diane et Henri-Jean Bayart ont acheté cet hôtel particulier du 15ème siècle. Protégée par une lourde porte en bois, cette demeure ...

... la Pra, avocat grenoblois qui a donné à la maison sa configuration actuelle au 16ème siècle déjà, la chambre Claude Frère, Président du parlement de Grenoble qui fit percer la rue au 17ème pour donner un accès direct à son hôtel particulier et la chambre Lesdiguières, dernier connétable de France et ami de Claude Frère. Et surtout, il y a la ...

... get fuel - this is an experience in itself and I did wonder if I was going to be pursued down the road by a siren blaring mini car with two burly grenedimes wanting to know why I had forgotten to pay for my fuel. The system is that you fill up then drive to a small shed with a woman behind a window , try to tell her which pump you were at and then hope she shows you how much you owe her ...

... to the Alps in the
East! Gorgeous weather May to September and beautiful vineyards up and down the Rhone Valley.

I HIGHLY recommend this gorgeous chateau to anyone after a romantic getaway and as far as getting married at the Chateau..WOW.

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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.

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 ...

... om over te rijden (iets wat alleen maar veel ruimte kost). Dachten we eraan om een deel van de stellingen af te breken en ze dichter tegen elkaar te zetten zodat er een extra stelling bijkan. De vraag is of dat ook niet teveel geld kost... en of ze naar ons gaan luisteren. Enkele van de redenen dat ze ons naar daar gehaald hebben zijn immers: 1) t is crisis 2) daardoor kan de geplande bouw van een extra magazijn niet doorgaan 3) stagiairs ...

Life in Grenoble has been ticking along nicely, lectures are no longer a daily enslaught of gobblydygoook, (i have 3 8 oclock starts), i now understand most of them, jsut cant write them down fast enough....think my written french should catch up soon enough, uni is pretty cool really, the sport is even better, i do climbing (amazing), badminton (to keep me fit---great fun get to pelt little people with shuttlecocks) and i start skiing next sunday...really cheap and ...