Note: this email was originally composed on Oct. 11, 2004 Shopping as an art form Some of you may have picked up from previous Excellent Adventures that Barb and I have a liking for shopping when we travel to Europe. This is pretty much true and we often come back on the return trip home laden down with the bounties…

Note: this email was originally composed on Oct. 9, 2004 Driving like maniacs No trip to Europe would be complete without commenting on the driving habits of the locals. In general, there’s lots to be envious of in France as the have an excellent highway system with fast 130 km/hr speed limits on the major freeways. Europeans in general are…

Note: this email was originally composed on Oct. 7, 2004 Food Glorious Food Day 6: Today began with an early morning delivery of our breakfast courtesy of Patrick. It consisted of the freshest croissants and a baguette – something that we have found that the French excel at. Along with the orange juice in the fridge and fresh coffee and…

Note: this email was originally composed on Oct. 4, 2004 Day 4: As today was our last day in the Burgundy region, we ended up spending it in Dijon again and did some shopping. We really planned on doing most of our shopping in Paris but one cannot just drop into Paris and shop as one cannot just run a…

Note: this email was originally composed on Oct. 1, 2004 Preface: I`ve been having lot`s of computer problems since I got here. I am now sitting in front of (gasp!) a Macintosh at the local post office writing this. The last post office I was at had me waste about 45 minutes as the Mac kept crashing. I lost 15…

I was thinking to myself the other day that we really like the airport. Ok, so were at the airport right now waiting to fly out to France so whats not to like you’re probably wondering? Fair enough question but we *really* like being here. I remember coming to the airport a few months ago to pickup my Dad who…