Bonjour from France! Postcards in the mail!!!
Tuesday, January 06, 2009 5:21 AM
The letters on this keyboard are all over the place!!! I have not had to hunt and peck for years! Today, I skipped the walking tour of the palace of the French Popes ( in the blistering cold!) to find postcards. That was an adventure in itself! More on that later.
So far, no experiences of rude French people – contrary to what I had been warned!!! We stopped in Aix-en-Provence, birthplace of Cezzane and Nostrodamus, for lunch today en route from Nice, France to Avignon, where I am now.
I never thought I would see a day Id love anything better than Italian food but French food, music and art really floats my boat. I was also told Europe would be only dreary but we spent two days on the beach in Nice (the South African couple on our trip even swam – I wasnt trying to go THAT far).
Here in Avignon, likewise with Florence, it is interesting to see regular stores set up in ancient looking buildings but I can dig it!!! Everyone, Dana Odell says hi, she is the main person (a Taurus from NY that is a first-time traveler like me) that I have been hanging out with. She is also a psych major completing her doctorate that has been analyzing me – oh joy! The rest of France has been pretty modern. Unfortunately I still have no luck uploading pictures and videos on any of these computers but c’est la vie!
I’ll explqin the postcard stories next time; now dinner is ready!
