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We thought it would be neat to check out the Chartreuse Distillery while in Voiron. Chartruese is a liquor made by monks to support their monastery. It is potent stuff that tastes like a minty Nyquil and packs 110 proof. I was amazed at the technical ability of these monks. They showed us a movie before we began our tour and in it you see one of the monks using a computer to evaluate the booze. It was about this point that I met the first rude person in France. Sooah and I were the only ones who were at the tour on time. We requested the English tape so that I could understand it. Latecomers arrived as my tape was nearly finished and the tour guide came in and abruptly removed the tape and switched to French. They would later show a 3-D movie (monks in 3D?) showing the origins of the distillery which would have made a hell of a lot more sense had I been given the opportunity to see it in my native tongue. She gave me an English language pamphlet. I only took one picture out of fear of the yellow-coated tour guide.