JAG AND ANNA

We picked up Jag and Anna from the train station in Saumur. They have been traveling around Europe by bus for the past three weeks. They flew into Rome from San Francisco on Air Canada then headed to Nice, Madrid, San Sebastien, and Paris with a bus company called Busabout (busabout.com) that allows for set down and pick up travel between major European cities. Their ticket allows them make six stops so they went back to Paris from Spain by bus then took the train down to the Loire Valley for a short visit with us.
We took them back to Montsoreau to leave off their stuff then drove together to Chinon. Rich and I had to go to a big store on the edge of Chinon (the Bon’AFF) so we left them to explore Chinon by themselves for a while. Later we met up with them for afternoon drinks at a funky bar called the Café Français on a backstreet behind the Hotel de Ville. They had many stories to tell of their travels. Jag is a Punjabi Sikh from Yuba City in Northern California. She attracts the attention (usually unrequested) of every Indian bachelor looking for a mate. Her traveling companion, Anna, is a Hmong woman originally from Southern California (her family fled Laos in the mid-70’s during the ethnic cleansings that followed the triumph of the VietCong and the PathetLao). Anna told us of one young fool at a disco in San Sebastien who showed his affection for her by biting her arm!
In the evening we took them to the Baroque music concert at our local 12th century church then had a wonderful walk around the village at midnight when all the righteous villagers were snug in their beds.