Diane51's profile

My senior year in high school was spent in Davao City, Philippines as an AFS exchange student. That year was when Marcos declared martial law, so it was a very interesting year for a naive (but outspoken) midwestern girl to live-suddenly no freedom of speech, curfews, and armed troops in the streets. I was a flight attendant from 1980-1997, which enabled me to see much of the U.S. as well as Canada & Mexico. In 1981-82 I guided tours in Paris for airline employees during my vacation time. In 2003 my husband & I took the "vacation of a lifetime", exploring France for four months, beginning with a month at an immersion language school (see my blog for details). In 2004, I began my own company, West Wind Tours, LLC. (www.westwindtours.us). We offer tours for groups of 4-6 adults to the Bordeaux wine region and Dordogne Valley of SW. France, staying in beautiful B&B's.

My husband and I (along with a dog & cats) live in south central Montana in a log home primarily powered by solar & wind. Vegetable and flower gardens, as well as hiking keep me busy in the Summer, skiing in Winter.

In Spring & Fall I take small groups of adults to SW France to drink wine & explore medieval & prehistoric sites. I set up all the ground portion of the trip and act as guide, while my husband is our chauffeur. We have alot of fun & have made some great friends both of clients and the owners of the B&B's we use on our tours.

Hiking, skiing, gardening, travel, Reagan Round Up (pen pals & care packages to deployed troops)

NCIS, Cold Case, Law & Order SVU, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek Next Generation, Voyager or Babylon 5 reruns, HGTV (Hidden Potentional, Designed to Sell)

Oldies - Anything with Tracy & Hepburn, Gable, Greer Garson (Mrs. Miniver), Cary Grant....... Star Trek, Alien, Pretty Woman, Somewhere in Time, Christmas movies (real people, NOT animation)

anything by J.A. Jance, Patricia Cornwell, Sue Grafton

Holy s---, it Works! (my husband), "If you're gonna be dumb, you'd better be tough" (a skydiving friend)

Bordeaux, Dordogne Valley, Loire Valley-France, the Beartooth Absaroka Wilderness in Montana, my garden