Happy Bastille Day!.....(July 14, 2008)

The weather can change here faster than in Lubbock, Texas! Grenoble sits in a bowl of mountains. This morning when I woke up, it was pouring. Thirty minutes later it had quit. Then the sun came out. He flirted with us for a while, and we left at 1 p.m. for our excursion to Vizille. There, we had absolutely beautiful blue skies for our picnic and visit to the Museum of the French Revolution. It never got hot, but the weather was very agreeable.

What did I learn about the French Revolution? That I don't know much about the French Revolution. Seriously, I need the French Revolution for Dummies book. But the museum was interesting nontheless, and I will post pictures on Shutterfly. I actually think I may be invited to do a PEO program about it, so I guess I'd better learn something!

The museum is located in the Chateau at Vizille, which is absolutely beautiful in itself. It is also a charming little town. Of course, not much was open because it is a holiday, but it is still very pretty.

We then went to visit a lake, where it was really too cool to sun or swim, so most of us sat in a cafe and had hot chocolate. Then we visited a cool statue of Napoleon. Evidently when he left Elba to return to Paris, he took the mountain roads rather than the autoroute. Mark and I followed part of his path from Nice to Digne on the scenic train, remember? Today we drove a bit more of the Napoleonic Route.