My story starts in France.

I went to experience the feeling of France: the old sites, the history, the beautiful art, the flea market, the warmth of Provence, the small village life, the countryside, the people, the charming old hotels... 

Years earlier, my first real exposure to France was at EPCOT Center in Florida.  I went to the French Pavilion and watched a movie shot from a hot air balloon as it floated over the idyllic countryside. I was so touched and moved by this experience of France that I cried my heart out.  Somehow the beautiful rolling hills and the countryside touched me in a way I had never felt about France before. I had been to France for my honeymoon, and I needed to return.  So, I asked my friend Rose if she wanted to go to France.  And in two weeks we were on our way.

We began in Paris with a boat ride down the Seine river...