If you have not seen the movie or read the book A year in Provence by Peter Mayle, Please Do! And then come to Provence! This region of France is utterly Astounding and Amazing. I stayed with my friend Marianne who lived above a bakery and the scent alone would make me start off the day salivating and stumbling from our appartment and down to the cafe for a crisp hot croissant and ripe esspresso that would shake me out of my slumber. Mornings are filled with Sout...

YAY!!!! Finally im here with my french family that I exchanged with 5 years ago. Today we did a grand day of shopping in Vichy (a town close to target popular for its amazing mints) where I managed to eat close to 40 mints in an afternoon because they are sooooo good (fresh breath for life!) take that double mint gum! and now Elisabeth and I are in Le Puy staying the night here with her cousin. Le Puy is a village that is known as one of the most beautiful small ...

Yesterday I went to Pere Lachaise Cemetary and Saw Jil Morrisons grave, Oscar Wilde, Chopin and Sarah Berndhart; then when I thought about it I was like: whoa this is kinda creey Im hanging out at a graveyard and taking pictures of peoples graves....so then I left and got an espresso! got some cool pics though! Leaving for London in 3 days!

Ok, came across soooo many little treasures today including the Latin quater of Paris and of course Left bank, my favourite area of paris lined with little cobble streets curving throughout the Seine and leading into the Notre Dame. Tonight we had a fondue dinner in the latin quarter (the old neighborhood of vincent Van Gogh and Victor Hugo, many poets and artists) then we cascaded into a samall little pub in what used to be an old Cathedral, underneath the pu...

WOW! Im having a wonderful time here after getting over jet lag and drinking about 10 epressos daily! paris is the life, just getting my bearings and going sight seeing today