European Driving Adventure, Part 1: Glorianes

980 kilometers.  Unfamiliar car.  Speed limit 130 kph (80 mph).  Speed traps everywhere.  No radio.  GPS in French, not trustworthy, resulting in unplanned side trip to the lovely city of Bordeaux.  85 euros in tolls, tollbooth doesn't accept U.S. credit cards.  Last 45 minutes of journey on one-lane road winding up to 800 meters, a road often shared by sheep and low-lying clouds.  Finally arrived 10 hours later in tiny Glorianes, in my friend's 600-year-old house.  End of journey was a table in the garden with a view of mountains so close you feel you could touch them, dinner of salmon, quinoa, dill sauce, a lovely Chardonnay, and an even lovelier Rocamadour chevre on tartines with a sprinkle of balsamic vinegar.  Hosts Lynn, Christophe, and sweet little Natacha are wonderful and generous.  This morning a church visit with a snake (is there a morality story there?)  And my adventure is only starting...more stories and photos to follow.