As the wide fields of grain gave way to vineyards we knew we were on the right track heading for Cognac. Midday temperature of 27 degrees, clear blue sky and no wind. Speaking of sky, as I look out the window I can count 7 jet streams as airplanes crisscross the sky. We are trying for another This is now the third time I have tried to continue this blog. Each time. I get several paragraphs written, go to save it and the signal goes and I lose all that I have done...

France may be well set up for Motorhomes but as far as Internet is concerned they are not, and when you can get it it costs an arm and a leg unless you want a contract. I was only able to upload a couple of photos to the last blog but as the signal is stronger here I will go back and add more. Anyway, back to our meal in the restaurant a couple of nights ago. Everyone was very surprised when Geoff decided to order snails as an entre and even more impressed when h...

We set our GPS units and headed off to Omaha Beach which was where the US military landed on D Day June 6th 1944 with the loss of 9000 lives. As the celebrations fir the anniversary of this event has just past there are still hundreds of flags flying in the area which makes it all the more special. We visited the memorial and cemetery along with the museum and video footage which took half a day. It was extremely moving. There were staggering statistics such as t...

It has been a bit of a mission to get a SIM card and get back on line. Also very tricky when you don't speak the language, but we got there eventually. Unfortunately there is no WIFI around so I can only use my phone. Anyway, we headed off to the ferry on Sunday morning and got there in time to be offered an earlier sailing which was nice. For boarding we were directed to lane 190 and I could see that there were at least another 50 lanes after ours to board the v...