We had a one night stay in Lyon and two nights in Dijon. Loved the old part of Djorn known as Dijon Ville. Beautifull old buildings and cobblestone streets. Fantastic food and plenty of places to choose from when eating. Nice street markets to admire, warm weather. Ran into a couple from Melbourne who happened to be there at the same time, so had dinner together. Small world. Have to go to France to catch up with Melbourne friends! Ha! What are the chances! Anyway it was nice seeing familiar faces and having some Auzzies to chat with.
A mini Tornado struck Strathmerton on the weekend of October 31/10/15 destroying a couple of houses. Luckily no one was hurt. Just a bit further along the Murray River at Tocumwal the Tornado ended. We happened to be home and live near the edge of town, close to the river. We saw the sky turn pink, grey and green. Ominous. Can't remember a stormy grey sky turning pink or especially green before. Made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Then we heard this roar. Bernie looked at me as we stood on our back verandah watching the clouds flying about and said "What's that noise?" I replied, "Wind. Lots of it. I think we should go inside now." As I said this we saw the sky along the river turn green and pink and the trees begin to whip wildly. We retreated inside for a bit and as the roar died away we ventured back out to the front verandah as torrential rain began to fall. And boy did it rain!!! The early afternoon turned dark as the clouds above turned ...
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