Leaving Spain for home. . . . . .

Photos taken yesterday of Basilica Sagrada Familia designed by Catalan 

architect Antoni Gaudi.

Started in 1880 and still unfinished.

Leaving beautiful Barcelona early tomorrow morning.

An amazing trip through France with this

exciting stop in Spain for a few days.

I'll have lots of travel stories and photos to share with you soon.

le Jardin d'Eden and the colors of Tournon. . . . . .

We really enjoyed Tournon where we climbed through the beautiful private garden

 le Jardin d'Eden. . . . . . . . . .then strolled through the town where, like in every town 
and village in France, the paint colors on the old walls and shutters keep the
 cameras clicking!

Tournon, Rhone-Alpes Region. . . . . . . . .

 The morning started early after docking in Tournon during the night. We were ashore

 at 8:30 AM ready for a walking tour of the town. The hillsides were enveloped in wispy

 fog, the trees showed patches of Autumn color.

 Vineyards here grow syrah grapes - the harvest is over for this year. 

Our ship - with the dark blue hull - docked under the dawn fog bank.

The terraced vineyards rise up from the small town of Tain L'Hermitage - home

 of Valrhona chocolate, one of the leading gastronomic chocolates in the

 world - on the opposite side of the Rhone River from Tournon.

Above - Tain L'Hermitage

Sailing the beautiful Rhone River from Tournon south toward medieval

 Viviers. . . . . .the foothills of the French Alps in the distance,

Another part of France new to me and surprisingly lovely.