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