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Hello from France, where the W A Q M ? , and other letters are in different places on the keyboard, hope you can decipher this message.

We are having a terrific time in France. It is definitely fall here. We stepped off the train from Italy and immediately piled on clothes. We ended up donating our bikes to the street children of La Spezia, Italy because it was going to be such a hassle to cart them up to France (something like 5 trains over 2 days). We rented bikes here in Tours (couple hours southwest of Paris) and spent a few days biking around the Loire Valley area. Very pretty and FLAT, but nothing as spectacular as Tuscany. I guess you earn the views with the hilly rides.

We have had some fantastic meals. I can understand about half of the zords on the menu, so we usually sort of wing it. I even have Jim ordering quiches and mousses, what next? This afternoon we are heading up to Paris to visit my cousin, Jodi, and her fiancee. We are also picking up a care package from Jim;s mom. Yeah! We will switch out the paniers (bike bags) for backpacks and restock on supplies.

Love from Tera and Monsieur Regret (stupid John Wayne movie line that Jim made me add)