One week and counting....

We're off to France just one week from today. Though we haven't done much except the essential planning - accommodations, transportation reservations, and basic outline of the trip, we've been gathering articles, iPhone applications, and recommendations from friends. Just have to make time now to read the stuff! I decided yesterday to take the laptop so we will have email, we can download photos each night and we can keep an online diary of the trip here.

This is where you can find us:

Hello dear ones:

Marie and I will be in France 9/27 - 10/9. We leave on 9/26 from Burlington at about 2 PM. The first week 9/27 -10/3 we will be in Provence staying at this address:

La Bastide du Bois Bréant
501, chemin du Puits-du-Grandaou

84660 Maubec-en-Luberon
Tél. : 011 33 4 90 05 86 78

Our tour guide leader is Jackie Grandchamps, (cell) 011 33 6 33 26 83 22

From 10/4 - 10/9 we will be on our own in Paris at:

Grand Hotel des Balcons

3 rue Casimir Delavigne

75006 Paris

Tel: 011 33 1 46 34 78 30

And if all goes well with AT&T, we should have cell service in France at our usual numbers:

Linda 802-578-8810

Marie 802-578-8809

calls (incoming and outgoing will cost us $.99/minute so calls should be sparing or emergency, please.) Not sure if text messages will work or not. We have received mixed messages from AT&T.

There is a six hour time difference between the east coast USA and France. France is six hours ahead of east coast, example - at noon here at home, it is 6 PM in France.

We will be taking our laptop with us, so email will be free, though not as instantaneous as phone since we'll only use it early in the morning and later in the evening. Please do write us. It will be great to hear from home!

Read our online travel blog at http://LindaEMarkin.blogspot.com