Eva's Wine Cellar

well, the lady diane, meself and the C. Imposter are taking the chunnel to Amsterdam and we all knows what that means!

Buying tulips, dys?

<snicker>

Francis, please feel free to share photos of your favorite spots...we'd love it!!!

This links you to a place ten minutes from my countryside house :Fontainebleau

Beautiful Francis. I'm packing my bags!!

Sorry Eva, but this is too good to pass up. Fluff up the guest room Francis. If we're more people we could charter a lear jet
and celebrate a bit before arrival.

Singing: I am leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll
be back again.......

Ooh, really Francis?! (Is it actually Francis, or Francois?)

Nevermind the B&B, gals...we're staying with Francis!!!

Oh my gosh!

Calm down! Let's organise the charter!

Okay, everybody on board!



Sure hope you don't mind...we invited a few friends.
Hope this plane can get off the ground.
Some of them brought a lot of luggage.



Hooray! We made lift-off! Look out, Francis, here we come!!!

That's okay Eva. My house friends rooms can afford a Lear jet capacity.

BTW, my name is really Francis.

Gosh, I hate flying!

CJ. Make a cruise to Europe!

That takes too long Francis.
Maybe one day, when I'm retired, I'll opt for that.

For now, I endure the flight
After all I brought 2 bottles Cabernet Sauvignon in my
carry on.

omigod fontainbleau.

When I see places like this,
and Francis- that is some site-
so beautiful-so sweepingly beautiful like the place it shows,
when I see places like Fontainbleau,
I wonder,

who were these people?
Who built this place
and placed little drops of their sweat
and blood
in between the stones
and
who were these people who lived in these rooms
bursting with gold and jewels and finery??

People so close to gods
humans so beyond humanity
places so beyond places
palaces beyond the simple palaces
of the common gods.

I

I have no real words
only poetry.


Joe (bread, not cake) Nation

I have a book at work that I bought used from my local source, Bookleggers, on French Chateaux. I am particularly fond of one, name starts with C. I know that's no help. Back on that, domani.

Bread, the staff of life, says Osso.

Is it a winery château, or some like I show you?

That's a very chic name for a wine bar ! "Eva's"

Rise, shine and celebrate - roll out the red carpet, the prince is here !

Oh, WONDERFUL! The Prince is here! Jacques, please pour him whatever he wants.

I'm so glad you approve of the place, G!

I realize you're a bit jetlagged, but please do join us on our virtual trip to Francis's France. (More pictures, please!)

Wake up, everybody! It's been a long flight, but we're almost there. If you look out the windows on the right side of the Lear jet, you can see the Paris airport.



Wake up, CJ, dear. It's time to fasten your seatbelt and return your tray table to its upright and locked position.

Eva, it's such a beautiful view...ohhh, but it's spinning...I must have drank too much wine...

After your landing, you are at one hour car away of this :