Saturday night, 9/16/07 10:35 pm

dispensing with caps. sorry if i offend you.

it has been 6 days since we landed. it has been non-stop. we have made progress, albeit slowly, it seems. we got all the techno set up. wireless, phone, etc. it took some help, but only because we did not know what we were doing. a referral from our good friend martine spent 5, yes five minutes figuring it out and we aere dealing!!! it was worth the money. especially after i spent 45 minutes with wanadoo, and they did not mention pushing the button...5 minutes to push the button, a lifetime to learn which button to push.

our dog did very well on our flights over. i did see him in munich as he was being loaded. gave him a treat and told him everyting would be alright. he did not seem to believe me at the time, but does now. he is taking to france quite well. had his first and last trip to the market today. too much stimulation for him. he was well behaved, just too interested in everything to control well. the rugby match was better. a little girl waltzed him around'til he just had to rest. he is flaked out in bed as i write.

this week...getting settled, somewhat organized, and buying a car. need i say more. we know now why we drive cars forever!!! is it me, or the process? it may be me. we shopped in st. marce, romans, on-line, and grenoble. finally you just give up and say, "i'll take it." we did. a volkswagen passat wagon, 4motion. so we can ski. it wore us out, took 2 days, and finally we felt that we were getting a reasonable deal. time will tell. hope we are not blogging about breakdowns on the road. we will get the car wednesday, and leave directly for the dordogne and the caves of lascaux. there is too much to see between here and there for the time we have allotted. tant pis, we will make it work. don't know yet if the dog will go with us. will keep you posted.

knowing i have miised things important to relay to you i will sign off and regroup tomorrow. want to ride some in the morning whild walker finishes school which was postponed on friday due to car shopping. need to talk about his rugby, too.

tomorrow is jour du patimoine. all of the historic monuments are open for visiting. we will be touring several, as well as participating at a mediveal lunch at one of our restaurant haunts. should be a hoot, more later.

bonne nuit!