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Guidebook for the trip: The Rough Guide to Italy (We found this to be adequate to our budgeting needs though it's lacking the history and detail of some of the other books.  Ideally would have taken the DK guide - but decided budget factored over history and interesting detail.  This english version was bought at the last minute from the Gibert Juene in St Michel, Paris.

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Fast-fwd two weeks and will have to find some time to post on our trip through Italy and adventure back to Paris. At the moment enjoying Paris with good friends and colleagues while attending the Drupal Conference in Paris. I'm hoping to vastly increase my skill set. That said, its hard to concentrate while listening to English being spoken by native speakers for the first time in weeks!

At the moment in Ravenna, Italy. Enjoying the various gourmet delights as well as the mosaics. We started our trip in Paris and took a train to Milan. Enjoyed a night gelato while enjoying the facinating Duormo and Gallaria in Milano and one night of rest before heading straight down to Ravenna via Bologna - where we stopped for lunch enroute. So far, one mistake was camping in such heat! But otherwise, had a full course meal last night of fish - still full from it in fact! Will update again with photos when time suits - otherwise, next month when back in Paris!

Today we got to experience watching the all-France champion farmer tilling the soil in one of the fields with his prize thoroughbred Breton plowing horses (They're so fat and stocky!). In other news, it was a beautiful day in Brittany!

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So here are some pictures of the little chapel of Kernoues. We were there in the morning for the Pardon (see newspaper photograph) where I got to carry the flag. Steph is behind carrying a flag. You can only see our backs but it's cool that we made it into the newspaper.