We have been here a week now and are enjoying the south of France, we even think we are acclimating to the heat a bit; it has been hot – high 90sF. It is even possible the heat is easing some of Tricia’s knee pains, fingers crossed. Not owning a car is quite common in…
Category: France
Moustiers-Sainte-Marie then on to Avignon.
We left Luxembourg early, by way of the A31, and headed south, ten hours later we were in Moustiers-Sainte-Marie. We went there first some 24 years ago. It is one of the best places in France; for me there are personal and spiritual connections that make it even more moving to be there than just…
Paris to Annecy
A couple of paintings from our time in Giverny, before heading to Paris. In Paris, the traffic was bad thanks to the start of the Paris 2024 Olympics crowd, but we finally made it to Gare de Lyon. We had a nice afternoon break. The next day, Friday, we took the train to Annecy. One…
From Torchamp to Giverny, worlds apart
On our last day in La Thebauderie even the tiny, 3cm, snail on the window was frowning, sad I am sure to see us go. Just a few days before, after a lot of sorting and packing, we put everything we wanted to keep on a pallet-container to be shipped to Oregon. I sketched flowers…
Packing, eating, and a bit of music
When we moved here 2 ½ years ago we brought just a couple of boxes that we shipped over in advance, Neville supervised, but he had no idea what the future held for him. Then in March of 2022 we headed to SEA-TAC airport for our flight to Paris. So Neville, our luggage, and the…
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