France - May 1999

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France 1999

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France and Belgium 1997

France 1999

Italy 1999

France 2010

My trip to France and Italy in 1999 again included my Mom (she loves France!). We again flew

British Airways through LHR and again they lost my bag. This time, we flew mid-week and spent

a couple of days in Paris before taking the TGV to Avignon to pick up our car. From Avignon, we

again spent a week in the gîtes at Domaine Raspail-Ay in Gigondas, before moving to Bonnieux and sharing a

big Gîtes with Jeanne and Steve Mason and her family: Her Dad, Mom, and Sister Anne. Then, my

Mom and I drove to Florence in Italy and spent a week in and around Florence, mostly seeing Florence

(the most beautiful city in the world!). We then drove to Chianti and spent a week at an Agriturismo,

in the tiny hamlet of Fietri, in the heart of the Chianti wine region. From there, we toured Tuscany and

Umbria, seeing: Montepulciano, Montalcino, Cortona, Spello, Siena, San Gimignano, and many other

towns and villages. We then flew home from Rome.


Paris, rhododendrons and the Eiffel Tower	Blooming chestnuts in the Tuileries gardens	Blooming chestnuts in the Tuileries gardens	The Champs Elysee and the Arc de Triomphe	The Champs de Mars

L'Ecole Militaire	Paris	The Eiffel Tower	Paris	Paris

Chestnuts in bloom: Mom	Chestnuts in bloom	At Domaine La Garrigue at Vacqueyras	At Domaine La Garrigue at Vacqueyras	Domaine Raspail-Ay, Gigondas, Our first Gîtes.

Our first Gîtes at Dom. Raspail-Ay	Climbing the Belvedere at Gigondas	View from the belvedere at Gigondas	View from the belvedere at Gigondas	View from the belvedere at Gigondas

View from the belvedere at Gigondas: The town of Gigondas	Les Dentelles de Montmirail, from the southeast	Near Gigondas	Suzette, near Gigondas	Near Gigondas

Near Gigondas	Bottling at Domaine Raspail-Ay	The Gigondas vineyards of Dom. Raspail-Ay	The Gigondas vineyards of Dom. Raspail-Ay	The Gigondas vineyards of Dom. Raspail-Ay

Hiking near Gigondas	Hiking near Gigondas, the Dentelles and Gigondas vineyards	Gigondas vineyards	Gigondas vineyards

	Chateuneuf du Pape	Chateuneuf du Pape	Chateuneuf du Pape	Chateuneuf du Pape

Lunch at Aubagne	Beaumes de Venise	La Tour Sarazine, above Beaumes de Venise	Poppies and Les Dentelles de Montmirail	Poppies and Les Dentelles de Montmirail

La Gorge de la Nesque	La Gorge de la Nesque	Our second Gîtes at Bonnieux	At the ancient fort of Bouox	At the ancient fort of Bouox

At the ancient fort of Bouox	A Borrie in The Luberon Mountains, near Bonnieux	Inside the Borrie	Inside the Borrie	View from my bedroom window

Our Gîtes at Bonnieux, at the upper right	Misty morning at Bonnieux	Our Gîtes at Bonnieux	Hiking in the The Luberon Mountains	Left to Right: Jeanne, Steve, Mom, Jeanne's Dad Jim Gengler, Jeanne's sister, our friend Anne, and Jeanne's Mom: At our Gîtes at Bonnieux (we all shared a huge Gîtes)

Bonnieux	Bonnieux	Bonnieux	Apt	Bonnieux

Bonnieux	Misty morning at Bonnieux	Misty morning at Bonnieux	Misty morning at Bonnieux	At Arles

Arles	Arles	Arles	Tarascon castle	Tarascon castle

Tarascon castle	Tarascon castle	Tarascon castle	The view from Tarascon castle	Misty morning at Bonnieux

Misty morning at Bonnieux, looking over to La Coste (former home of the Marquis de Sade)	Misty morning at Bonnieux	Bonnieux	Bonnieux	Bonnieux

Dinner at Les Florets in Gigondas	Aix-en-Provence	Sunset, our last night at Bonnieux	Sunset, our last night at Bonnieux	Sunset, our last night at Bonnieux
From Bonnieux, Mom and I drove to Italy