Digne les Bains

Wonder why we came here then? Another fantastic place in the foot hills of the Alpes. Very old and very beautiful.

Haven't come across any 15 year old red heads Pete, who run up and call me Papa. There is still time though.

Becky thanks for your efforts but I've no idea what my pin number is.

The mundane is exciting, we have just had a lesson in how to do the laundry in French! It was very interesting! Whether the clothes will be clean or not is another interesting and exciting thing to look forward too.

We have discovered the value of maps! I am finally past my Marco Polo {or Captain Kirk} phase going where no man has gone before is a touch confusing and frightening, not for me of course, but in the interests of marital harmony absolutely necessary! We now have maps for Africa we even have maps to find the maps.

The phrase book is proving quite useless, we have real issues with pronunciation and coupled with our complete lack of knowledge on french grammer we are almost incomprehensible. However there are a lot of people prepared to take pity on us and with a combination of mime and pigeon english and french we are achieving the impossible.

We are off to Italy today. God knows how we will cope there. All the Italians we have seen to date shout a lot! We of course are quiet and reserved it could be a marriage made in heaven. Turin is the first stop. We have already booked accommodation but finding the Hotel could be fun!

Caio for now

Mike