Between then and now

We have decided that we should have brought our laptop along.  When we went to Germany a few years ago, we found internet cafes and libraries everywhere.  We are not having the same success here.  However; we have free wifi every hotel we have stayed in and so have been able to do many things on our cell phones.  Not everything though... like blogging.  It has had to wait until we hit special hotels; and this is one of them.

We are in  Greoux-les-Bains, a lovely mountain village that we stumbled upon rather by accident.  While our hotel has more of a "chain" feel, it also has a few lovely extras, most notably a bath that is of a comfortable size.  We are looking forward to exploring the village, which has templar knight connections, tomorrow.

We have had a lovely time exploring the south of France.  Surprisingly, it is a wee bit hot for me...days have been averaging around 24 degrees.  But it is a more intense heat, and I have almost become one of Peter Mayle's English visitors (he said..."What is it that changes from the color of a dead rat to the color of a dead lobster in three hours?)

But now it is time to head north to Alsace, so we will be staying here for another day and then heading towards Grenoble.  There is no internet in the room this time, but there is...a computer that I am grateful for, in spite of its odd keyboard layout that is sure to wreck my typing abilities for all time.  Did they have to move all the letters?

Pictures and more updates will come as they can.