It looks like today will be a rainy gray day - very different from italy where it was so sunny and hot. In Cinque Terre we would wash out our laundry and hang it on the terrace (it's OK - there were clotheslines - it's a beach town) and it would bake and dry in the sun in about 2 hours. Also, on the transition fro,m Italy to France we took big roads in order to make good time. We paid over 100 U.S. dollars in tolls on just that one day. The wine in France may be inexpensive but the roads are very costly: Yesterday we had a lot of fun in wine country. While Bob waited for the mustard factory to open up, kelly and i went into an antique store nearby. Lucky for him we found a big old empty magnum wine bottle that had been used in the vineyards of Du Roy and has a nice label. Sure the thing is the size of a two year old child and weighs just as much - but how could we NOT buy it? The look of shock on his face when he saw us walking toward him was worth the cost. Of course, i've got to figure out how to get it home. Then we visited the last private mustard factory in the region, Moutarderie Fallot. You can buy Fallot mustard all over the world. We made our own mustard and sampled about 4 different kinds including gingerbread and black currant. Very tasty: Then we drove through acres and acres of grape vineyards and ate at a local bar where kelly and i and the waitresses were the only women. The food was delicious. Of course the wine was in an unmarked bottle. Then we toured a cassis factory and sampled a lot of liquers. Today we are off to Aboise and touring Chateaus. The team is here to go to breakfast - gotta run.