The title of this blog sounds a little strange until you hear all the little kids on vacation with their parents excitedly calling out that yes, they would like this or that. By the end of the day we were both laughing at all the "Oui Oui Oui..." we had heard!Yes, yes, yes... we are home! Home in our cozy gite in another amazing part of France. We are staying for a week in a gite (holiday apartment) between the villages of Cenac and Domme in the Dordogne Valley. ...

So from my last blog entry we have been travelling through miles of rolling countryside punctuated by amazing views of the ocean. The weather has taken us from bone chilling cold to shirt sleeves and sunglasses.... this can happen in a matter of minutes. Really the storm cloud formations have been out of this world. Some of the driving has been quite worrisome but all is well and we are now in Angouleme. This is the city where our oldest daughter attended sch...

Now before I update the travel info on this blog I have to mention the last two Chambres d'Otels we stayed in. The last blog was written from thbe Villa Blanc Marine with a beautiful view of the ocean. The owner was a fascinating man with a love of the sea and a former career as an cartoonist. Last night we stayed in a wonderful place by the ocean (same ocean different place) that reminded me of the place we stayed on Thetis Island (only smaller). This wo...

It absolutely poured with rain as we made our way to pick up the car. Fortunately it was only one subway line and a short walk the the Renault dealership. Cute little car... the Clio II... it has plenty of room for all our stuff and Shane's head doesn't hit the roof. Yeah!!It took a little getting used to our car and the GPS... hereinafter referred to as PG... PG kept trying to take us on toll roads (until we figured out how to avoid that). Then she t...

Our last two days in Paris found us wandering through dungeons, graveyards, sewers and even a touch of the red light district around the Moulin Rouge. The one redeeming factor was a visit to Sacra Couer to pray before going to the red light district. Ah Paris, a city of contrasts. Called the City of Light it really does have a darker side.Again the sun shone as we wandered the narrow pasageways of Paris. We visited the Conciergerie which went from an illustri...