Travel Agent

As our time left in France gets shorter and shorter, the requests for visits are increasing. I have been having a good time helping our upcoming guests plan their trips. Booking hotels, train tickets, Paris pastry cooking classes, Mont St Michel bay hikes, etc is certainly fun! I just hope that I don't get who is doing what all mixed up! Josh and I have also discovered that the kids (and Josh) have three long weekends coming up so we have to get busy planning some trips then, to not waste any valuable time. We are all taking a rented houseboat cruise on the Anjou River in April. What do I need to do for that? Just pack a map and some food, I think.
We were thrilled to get a postcard from Calvin today. Sounds like he is having a great time. I was a bit concerned yesterday when I checked their trip blog. The only picture posted was this one....

Since I have a hard time accurately reading all of the text, I could only hope that it didn't say that one nine-year old boy was consumed by these fellas!
Fortunately, I actually saw Calvin in person in a picture that was posted today so I am assuming he survived whatever bear encounter occurred.

In doing my travel planning around France, I really have a hard time deciding what are the most important sights that anyone should see when they only have a short time in this country. There are just so many choices. Along those same lines, several French people have asked me lately where they should go in the U.S. if they only have a couple of weeks for a once in a lifetime trip. Of course, I tell them INDIANA! Just kidding. But, where should I tell them? Why don't you all help me out? I equate our part of France with the Seattle, Portland, San Francisco regions. So, something very different than that, so they can truly feel as though they are in a foreign land. The Southwest is what first comes to mind... Any suggestions?