Saturday, October 10, 2009

Educating a Mind Through Travel...

"Travel has a way of stretching the mind. The stretch comes not from the traveler's immediate rewards, the inevitable myriad new sights, smells, and sounds, but with experiencing firsthand how others do differently what we believed to be the right and only way." -Ralph Crawshaw

My mind feels duly stretched! In fact, my head is spinning trying to remember the names of all the towns and places we've visited in France this week!

We've seen most of the hot spots along the French Riviera. And we've seen a lot of Provence. The weather has been incredible but without the usual crowds of summer. The locals say that October is known for it's warm weather but the tourists haven't caught on. Guess we are just smarter than the average tourist!

We've been to museums and cathedrals and chateaus and gardens and medieval castles and hill towns and palaces and restaurants and archaeological digs and outdoor markets galore! And even a little shopping (but not much)! It's been a glorious week and we've decided it'll be New York City 2010! Au Revoir!