Vance's vacation in France and Germany, 4 Sept - 4 Oct 2001
(and Roger's and Susan's and Elaine's and Fred's and ...)
Pont du Gard
In Paris
Roger in front of Notre Dame.
Vance in front of Notre Dame.
Roger at the Orly museum.
Gite #1 - la tube
La tube.
Lunch at la tube.
Roman ruins near Arles
The coliseum at Arles.
The troops at Pont du Gard.
Pont du Gard.
The etherial light...
The best bikeride of my life
At the Col de Limouches.
Way to go Susan.
At our lunch stop.
The sock shot.
Beautiful roads.
Where we were riding.
The trip to the Bordeaux area
Susan swimming in the Mediterranean.
Nukes on the horizon.
Nukes to port.
Gite #2 - St Genes
The gite.
Our hosts at St. Genes - Madame and Monsieur
Furlan, and Louie (and Vance and Roger).
Monsieur Furlan explains something while the cow
tries to rejoin her calf.
The goats at St Genes.
Susan visits the goats.
Roger at gite #2.
Vance in the castle.
The castle at Beynac
Looking down from the castle.
Susan at the castle.
A view from the castle.
The five travelers
The gang enjoying oysters at St Emillion
- Vance, Susan, Elaine, Roger, and Fred
Monbazillac
Vance and Roger at Monbazillac.
Roger makes a new friend at Monbazillac.
Susan and Vance at Monbazillac chateau.
Wine making
Roger in front of the high-tech control
panel (which wasn't working).
Missy explains wine making.
The mysteries of wine - candeling.
The mysteries of wine - the guard rose.
Some wineries are more - homey - than others
In a funky cave.
In the Loire valley
Chateau Royal D'Amboise.
Roger in front of the Chateau.
Vance in front of the Chateau.
Chateau Chenonceau.
The cathedral at Chartres.
A stained glass window.
Roger behind the cathedral.
Back in Paris
Roger at the gates of Hell.
In Bad Kreuzenach
Vance
In Berlin
Carole and Vance in front of the
Brandenberg gate - which has been rented out!.
Carole and Vance at the Schloss Sanssouci.
A windmill near Schloss Sanssouci.
Back home - a memorial at the corner
near my house.
Another view.
