Blogs from Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe - page 27

Oyé oyé 18 août 2005 C'est le départ...ENFIN..................... Ou y sont? Qu'est-ce qui font? Qué qui mangent, sont-ils malades? Pour suivre vos amis a travers l'Asie chaque fois que vous en aurez envie lisez bien ceci. Vous pourrez suivre nos péripéties de voyage par le biais de ce site. Chaque fois que nous ajouterons photos ou commentaires sur le site, vous recevrez automatiquement un courriel vous avisant d'un changement. Il vous sera donc possible de suivre notre parcours et de connaître nos dernières découvertes! Il y aura sur ce site une section dans laquelle vous pourrez consulter tous nos articles, une section photo et également un forum si vous avez quelque chose a dire!!!!! Et on l'espere! A vous d'explorez pour voir comment ca marche. Pour quelques-uns, ce sera une occasion de pratiquer l’anglais, le français ... read more

Bonjour! We got into Paris on June 21st, so we've now been here 3 days. I'm just now posting (finally!) because the first time we came into the Internet cafe, I ended up with a French keyboard, with all the letters in different places. After being awake over 24 hours, it was way too much for my brain! The first day, after sleeping 12 hours, we did all the tourist stuff: climbed the Arc de Triumph, walked down Champs Elsysee, went in the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa, climbed the Notre dame tower, etc. etc. We've been eating a lot of tomato and mozzarella sandwiches, since they're very tasty and very cheap! Also, lots of pizza ( I know, we're not in Italy yet). And of course, we've been enjoying our fair share of wine. ... read more

This was a lot of fun! We started off the evening "checking in" to our chateaux, really it was an extremely old french mansion and we stayed there with everyone on the same floor with 2 toilets for 40+ ppl. But being able to brush your teeth and look out the window at a vinery in the french countryside is priceless! We then went to a place where wine is made and had winetasting with cheese- it was also good. We ended up buying two bottles- pretty cheap though for excellent cab- the funny part was that it was all the canadians left at the end who stayed trying to get seconds (which we did!) After dinner there was a big party themed Shock Your Mother, meaning you had to dress in a way that would ... read more

'Au revoir' Paris as we head south to the Beaujolais vineyards near Lyon. We spend the next 2 nights at Contiki's exclusive Chateau de Cruix. On our way to the Chateau! Got up at 7 this morning to pack everything so we were ready to leave. Had croissants for breakfast this morning, as well as the usual fruit, yoghurt, cereal and danishes. After breakfast we swept and mopped out our cabins, then packed all our bags on the coach. Had our first rest stop at Chateau Fontainebleau, where Napolean lived for a while. Our second rest stop was at an autogrill, and we saw ladies coming out of the toliets with their dogs ! Did introductions when we got back on the bus, which took almost 2 hours and made the time fly. Was really ... read more

We're Tuesday and it's our first day in Vermont. We visited my correspondent's school. Its's HUGE !!! They're so many rooms : one for the mecanic, one for music lessons ... Then, we went to Newport where we began to enter in the american stores. We ate an ice-screem and we came back to school. There, we waited our correspondent to come at their home. ... read more