Day two of biking and all members of our party did very well as we racked up another 30 miles... We started in the rain - as Jack would say, "not my favorite...". But we biked through the light rain to Chateau de Gizeau where we got a personal tour, did wine tasting and then had a picnic lunch. Oh the cheese...so much cheese, so much wine - so yummy. The trick is that you have to get back on the bike and pedal back... which we did. We all put our feet in the...

We biked 24 miles today and are exhausted! We met our group of 8, including us... which means we just have to pull one of them over and we have a majority!!! Waa haa haa... oh dear, we are tired! We started at a winery - tasted and ate a fabulous lunch and then got a safety lesson about our bikes, which likely should have started with don't do wine tasting before biking... It was beautiful and a little hilly, but some very descent flat portions. The photo is...

We are getting ready for the bike portion of the vacation! We have all agreed the matching sock day is tomorrow - today, is whatever we could find in the suitcase day and we look fabulous. You can see that we have set up a hair salon in the room - looking good. We will report in this evening after our first ride!

A day at the museum - and Shauna's birthday too!!! After what felt like being up two days straight, we got up at 10:30am and rushed to the museum D'Orsay. I have to say if there is only one museum to visit, this is my pick... I think our pick. We had lunch in the clock tower and them spent hours seeing Monet, Van Gogh, Rodin, Serat, and so many more. The museum is in a train station - Mom said it was a must see, and it was. Not overwhelming like the Louvre ...

Today, we go to a Tours by train. We had a fruitful shopping adventure, thanks to Clarissa's blog review, we were in and out with purchases and VAT returned. We had a harrowing ride to the airport down roads with no lines, two or three lanes of traffic - you choose. We made it into the train and our seat mate Jacques is kicking back in his case - I'll have what he is having...cause he is so mellow (not like me - uptight logistics lady)! After an hour ride, we...