been so busy!

 My sister arrived last Wednesday with her friend. We have not wasted one minute of time.... it was off to the summer music festival around town on the first night, then they were off to Paris the next day. I got them to the train station and then they were on their own getting to Paris, finding their way around the city and then back again after one night there. I had promised to meet them at the train station when they arrived and was VERY releived to see their smiling faces at the appointed time!

Then on Saturday, we were off on a trip to Avingnon and a drive through the beautiful area of Provence where everything is in full bloom... lavendar, sunflowers, and all the food crops. It was stunning. We had a private tour of the Palace of the Popes that was incredible! We stopped in some small town for the evening because we liked their church steeple. The food and service was excellent. After dinner we watched the ongoing Petanque games played by the little french men in the park. We arrived home exhausted just around midnight.

On Sunday we got up bright and early to make it to the flea market. Lisa bought a coffee grinder and we found a really cool sign that said Chemical Analysis in French. Then back in the car and over to the art market, the craft market, the veggies market and then back home exhausted again.

All afternoon they planned their trip to Italy. They are off again on Monday morning to catch the train to Nice then on to the northern coast of Italy along the Mediterranean. I walked them to the Metro and left them there so that they could get to the train station. I'm holding my breath......