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Thursday October 25 Day 19 With a nudge from Jim, Lisa is suddenly awake to hear from Jim that Pablo just hit his 3rd homerun of game 1 of the World Series. It is 4:00 am. Jim was listening to the game on his iPhone and immediately switched over to the iPad so that we could watch the rest of the game. What an exciting game and the crowd was loud!!! Following the Giants has been a little crazy on the sleep schedule but once the Giants finished off the Tigers at 5:30 am our time, we did manage to get back to sleep for a few hours. We head out to a local café for a simple breakfast of coffee, orange juice and a croissant. We wanted to check out a shopping district not too ... read more

Sunday, October 21, 2012 – Day 15 Lisa was suffering from a head cold so we slept in just so she could get some rest. Even though she was not 100 percent nothing was going to keep her from visiting the Frites and Chocolate Museums. The weather was chilly, about 50 degrees and the forecast called for on and off rain all day. After breakfast at a café we visited the Frites Museum, dedicated to history of the potato and how to perfectly deep-fry it into crispy fries. Sounds kind of corny but the museum was anything but. Well worth a visit especially when the weather is cold. Potatoes originated in Peru and found their way to Belgium where it was discovered that deep-frying them was the best way to enjoy potatoes. The best thing is ... read more

Wednesday October 17, 2012 – Day 11 We started our day in Beaune at the local street market, which is smaller on Wednesdays than it is on Saturdays, and picked up some cured olives and bread to go along with our cheese and salami from the day before for a picnic later in the day. With all of our supplies in hand we drove out into the wine country of Burgundy and came across one of our favorite wineries from when we were here in the year 2000, Chateau de Pommard. Little did we know how much had changed since our last visit. When we were here in 2000 we were greeted by the winemaker and taken on a small tour to the caves and tasted a few vintages. Now the winery has a visitor center, ... read more

Saturday October 13 Jim has always wanted to see the roman coliseum in Rome but there are two smaller arenas close to St Remy so we decide to travel to Arles to see the one there. The other reason we chose Arles is there is a Saturday market that our travel book says is very large. We follow Monique, the name we gave the voice on our GPS, to the city center only to find that the city is very busy because of the market and Monique takes on a wild ride through the city center with streets so small you could literally spread your arms and touch the walls on each side of the street. Needless to say we were a little nervous and there were a couple of turns we thought our small rental ... read more

The weather was going to be cloudy with a chance of rain so we decided to take a drive to see some of the sites in Normandy. Our first stop was in Honfluer above the town to see Cotes de Grace. This site provides a beautiful view of Honfluer below and the Normandy Bridge. There is a tiny chapel built in the 1600’s by mariners and the people of Honfluer – Chapel of Notre-Dame de Grace. Outside the chapel is a wooden structure supporting approximately 30 stainless steel bells. The bells went of every 15 minutes. Nice and peaceful here but it is time to move on. We then headed west along the coast to visit Trouville and Deauville. Both towns are close and separated only by a small river. Trouville is a beach town and ... read more