The French internet was down

So since we left Paris, traveling to Varsailles and through Burgundy and Beaujolais down to Lyon in the Rhone, none of the places we’ve stayed have had internet. Since both Tara and I have grown accustomed to just-in-time information, this has been a difficult thing to adjust to. We have been walking around towns, waving my iphone in wifi mode around trying to find an open network that didn’t require a password or account to use. This has led us to standing outside hotels, tourist offices and, in one case, a kindergarten – receiving puzzled looks from parents as they dropped off or picked up their children.

But fortunately, we still have our stories - which will now get posted, a bit out of order.