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07/21/2004: "FrANce"


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So we finally made it to france after a few very long days of driving... We got up and had breakfast and headed off to try to find the MAgiot Line ....which is the line that France builtto try to keep germany out of france in ww2....OBviously didnt work... and it was evident cause all we found of it was a little glimse of a wall marked "magiot line" off the high way... lol sillly french... we headed off and got to our first french town around 630...we were all worn out so we ate dinner early (700 is an early dinner for the french...and hit the sack... yesterd morning we got up and drove to a Boutineer(or something like that) to get some bread and pastries for breakfast and headed to the catherdral of the city which was really intresting because of all the ww2 dammage in them... like the artillary holes and what not... soon we got on our way to the champagne area...we drove pretty much all day and got there too late for the tour of the champagne tunnels... so thats what we did this morninmg... it was pretty tite.. and there was reallly good champange at the end...its reallly a very intricit proces... yeah the picture is from the grape fields for the champagne....there were MILES of them everywhere.... it was a mazaing... we got on our way for a supposedly 4 hour drive to a town accros paris called Chion... but eneded up taking closerto 6 or 7.... i started and finished Animal farm for my seccond book... gotta love taht book its great...anyways we got here too alte to watch the TOur de france... the Alpduez time trial was today and ijus watched the replay of Lance elimentating the entire competiion...He's gonna win it... its almost for certain... well ita lamost midnight here so im otu ttyl

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