We have been back in La Thebaudiere, our tiny village in Normandie, for just a week – so what have we been up to? Well of course we have spent time remembering our long trip, which for me includes some sketching. One of the best hotels we stayed in was the Central Heritage Hotel in…
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Paris, Lyon, Geneve – now on to Milan
Our EC39 TGV just left the Genève station on its way to Milan. Since leaving La Thebauderie just over a week ago we have taken trains from Flers to Paris, Paris to Lyon, and Lyon to Genéve, today is the last train ride of this trip. In Paris we stayed near the Bastille, the same…
From Paris to Peñsicola
We left La Thebauderie last Friday, drove to Gare de Flers, hopped on the SNCF train headed to Gare Montparnasse in Paris. It was about 25F when we left and not much warmer in Paris. I did this sketch on the train of frozen fields flying past the window. Paris is always wonderful, the architecture…
A cold week in Normandie
We arrived back at La Thebauderie from the US just a week ago. It has been quite cold the whole time, with a bit of snow one day; too cold to get out much – it is 29F (-2C) as I am writing this at 10.47am. We have stayed in except for excursions to the supermarché,…
Next stop Paris then on to Torchamp
I am writing this on the Eurostar on the way to Paris, then on to home in Normandie. Last Friday we rented a car for the drive from Portland to Seattle. We visited some family along the way then met up with friends at the rental return in downtown Seattle. After the best Mexican food…
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