We are embarking on another adventure, one that we’ve been looking forward to for a long time. I can’t think of a better time to be visiting one of the world’s best wine regions. The vineyards and wineries will be buzzing with activity. The air will be permeated with the fragrance of freshly picked and pressed grapes.

Sorry, my mind was time traveling. First we have to get there.

It won’t be long now. The hot summer temperatures are turning a bit cooler and the days are getting noticeably shorter. In the United States, we will be celebrating Labor Day and everyone will be returning to school. Goodbye summer; hello fall vacation time.

We are ready and raring to go. All the plans are complete, paperwork has been updated, reservations are in order and I even bought new socks. Whoopee!

Backing up a couple of weeks to the announcement of the Air Canada cabin staff strike… it was not what we wanted to hear, but it seems to have been settled. Learning about some of the details, it really is sad that companies spend millions of dollars buying and building things, but then try to cut corners on the most important aspect of their business – the people. Anyway, I digress.

I’ve been in contact with the couple that own the house we’ll be staying at (they sound very nice) and everything is ready from their end.

I was able to make dinner reservations for our first evening in Chablis, as well as for a couple additional evenings. That should be a nice way to settle in after a day of traveling.

Talk to you soon from the other side of the pond!