We were awakened by the late call of the rooster still jetlagged from nearly 24 hours of travel. The day before we landed in Paris, rented a car and drove 8 hours to my friend's residence in the Bordeaux region. It was dark as we wove through wine country, arriving just before midnight with an ache for food and rest. The travel was not for the faint of heart. Though it wasn't until the morning that we realized we were on a small French funny farm. We walked down the wide sto