France 2004
- Notre Dame. We started the trip in Paris for a few days.
- Moulin Rouge. Yep, it's a red windmill.
- Marc, Kelly and Kelly near Moulin Rouge. Waiting for us to figure out how to open the public toillette.
- Sacre Coeur (Sacred Heart)
- The group at Sacre Coeur
- Marc, Audrey and Alexa
- Audrey and Alexa waiting on the streets of Montmarte
- Marcus outside the Louvre. For a little history about the Louvre buildings, go here
- Eiffel Tower at dusk
- Steve being very french
- The Group having dinner at a street cafe.
- Alexa excited to be heading to the castle today
- Finally on board the train, too bad we didn't have tickets and the rest of our group weren't with us.
- Will we ever see them again? No phone numbers, no contact info. "I have nothing!"
- "I don't think we should of got on this train"
- In Angouleme, all we have is a name, Steve. He wasn't there. Thankfully our friends were on the next train and we met up with Steve. Minor tragedy over.
- So we finally made it to the castle, Chateau Marouatte.
- Castle Tower. Yep, there were bats in the tower too. Well, it is a bloody castle
- View down to the courtyard from our 3rd story bedrooms
- Hediye, Alexa, Alex, Kelly and Audrey in the kitchen
- Dining Room. We ate several meals here.
- The Library. We didn't read many books here.
- Flint, the guard dog, a giant sweetie!
- Alex, Eric and Shannon checking out our rental cars. Turbo Diesel. vroom vroom.
- "Always climb a tree, because some day you won't be able to."
- A nice house with garden in the middle of a small river, quite peaceful
- Shannon, Hediye and Audrey. Alex and Kelly's minds are elsewhere
- Walking the streets in a small town
- It's no wonder we got lost a few times
- At least our rental car is bigger than this one
- Alex, Steve, Alexa and Audrey having lunch on the steps
- Marc, Kelly and Alex
- Kelly, Eric, Alex and Kelly enjoying more of the cafe life
- Audrey and Marc getting in on some of the cafe enjoyment
- Marc, Shannon and Hediye trying to avoid the rain
- A French hip-hop mannequin, weird
- Think. Don't ask me, I just like the sign.
- Cyrano de Begerac statue in Begerac. Go figure.
- Flowers and Old Church
- Josephine Baker's Castle near Beynac [More info about Josephine Baker]
- Marc outside our castle, Chateau Marouatte
- Hediye, Marcus and Shannon, our last moment at the castle
- French vending machine
- Eiffel Tower, bulls and rainbow, how picturesque
- Marc enjoying some tasty chinese cuisine, in France. Go figure.
- Shannon and Hediye enjoying the brisk weather
- Chopin's grave
- Eiffel Tower twinkling on the hour
- Paris, the city of lights