From the desk of John Henderson

It’s been a wild first few days…whew! We went more than 24 hours without sleep the first day, ending with a white knuckle drive in our mighty Renault Twingo along the coastal roadways between Nice and Saint Maxime. Did I mention I nearly missed our connecting flight in London thanks to the apparently suspicious looking kindle in my carry-on bag? (Thank you Janelle for confronting the airline clerk at the gate!).

After 15 hours of sleep in our hotel we recovered from our jet lag, sort of. The first day was spent in a mental fog driving lost through the South of France searching for a functional power adapter for our computer. While the lifestyle in this region appears generally relaxed, the drivers are apparently training to be Formula-1 drivers. Those on motorcycle/scooters are simply suicidal. As our plan was to continue to learn French using Rosetta Stone on the computer, we were prepared to purchase a roughly $100.00 power cord for our MacBook Pro from a local electronics store. Fortunately the kind staff at our hotel called a local, for lack of a better term, “convenience store” and located one. It must have been the only US power adapter in the area! After blowing the dust off of it, and some minor sparking at the hotel, it works great! Still working on getting a picture page up, but due to lack of internet connection at our first workaway it may take a little time. Storming a medieval castle? Venice in France? Check out the next post…

– John