France

We decided to take a vacation from our vacation today. I know, how decadent. The morning dawned with a spectacular sun-rise, one of many on our vacation so far. The weather gods have been smiling on us so far this trip as it’s been perfect for the past three weeks. I headed out for some croissant and pain-au-chocolat for breakfast. There are no words. Yummerific maybe or Sumptaculious.

We’re in France! After nine years of patiently waiting (and saving) we’re back. We rented a car in Nice and proceeded to our hotel in Villefranche-sur-Mer which, according the map, is only 15 km from the airport. That may be true, but we hit some pretty heavy traffic so it took us the better part of 45 minutes to make it to our home for the next four days or so.

Deanna and I are off on what we hope will be a trip of a lifetime. Italy and France for six weeks. This is a trip that we’ve been planning and saving up for for five years. It’s hard to believe that it’s here. We started talking about the trip about a year ago and decided to do an organized tour in Italy and then spend the balance of the trip on our own in France.