WordPress tells me that I first started blogging eighteen years ago today, wow. I went through a few periods of infrequent activity, but have enjoyed putting my adventures up here; thanks to those who are with me today, and to those who have moved on to other places. Last Friday we left Aix-en-Provence on a…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday – June 9, 2026
“I may paint the Eiffel Tower as an icon of Paris, but the soul of Paris is found in a tiny cafe with a glass of wine.” theTravelsketcher This voyage has clarified and solidified my thinking about travel. The cafe in the photo is in the 17th of Paris, it epitomizes what is important about…
This week “not” in The Pearl – Kotor and Aix
Friday was our last full day in Kotor, as much as we liked Kotor, we were ready to get back to France. We just hung around the city. I started the morning with coffee and a sketch, back at the same square. This is another of the views, from a different cafe this time. The…
This week “not” in The Pearl – Kotor
Kotor has been a wonderful place, thanks to the cruise ship crowds, it is not the “place to visit instead of Dubrovnik” to avoid the crowds that we have heard in the past. Yet we have had the best time, and there has been a lot of time for sketching. But first, a painting I…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday – People in places
Yesterday we took a speedboat tour all the way from the end of the Bay of Kotor out into the Adriatic Sea. The entrance to the Bay was guarded by three fortresses, which were built in the 1800s to prevent enemy ships from entering. I wonder what they would think about a ship like this…
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