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Add to the shopping list black French espadrilles for Steve. Note: you really could shop all the time here with a bigger suitcase and an unlimited budget.

Tips for those of you planning a vacation in France...things you may not know or will make life a bit less surprising once you are here.

1. In France BnBs, no matter if quite nice, they do give you a bed but they apparently do not make it for you. The room is yours and breakfast is exactly the same each day. I think the only difference is the surprise of which pastry you get and if the hostess makes their own preserves. if they do you will be treated to apricot lavender and strawberry thyme, yum.
2. In France BnBs, in the country, the towels smell wonderful from being hung in the sunshine to dry but that does make them a bit rough.
3. in Provence you will see the LIPPO everywhere you go. Do not be alarmed as this is just another car participating in the Lost in Provence Pulling Over. you will recognize this as a small Puegot or Citron or Clio on the side of the road that really doesn't have a shoulder, with two people looking at a map and possibly, no probably speaking quite loudly to ea h other.
4. Do you like traffic lights? If no,you will love Provence. do you like roundabouts? if no you will hate Provence as I believe there are more roundabouts than streets.

Now to answer a question I am sure readers of our blog have been asking themselves.
Why hasn't Steve been blogging??? Well we have a little routine. I think deepthoughts all day and jot down notes and Steve drives everywhere. We both take pictures although Steve is more the camera guy. Then we get back to our BnB and Steve gets to work. He loads the photos onto the mini iPad. the he uploads them to Picasa, then he figures out any and every app I need to easily write, he fixes all my mistakes, enlarges the font, and loads all the photos I want in precisely the spot I want.So why doesn't he blog????Where would he get the time???

Here without comment are some pix of today.




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