How can you not love Dublin? On my way to find a barber, I listened to a Gaelic singer playing a harp, how cool is that? We kicked it up a notch or two in Dublin. Temple Bar is the heart of the action in Dublin, it is also the name of popular place for…
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Settling in to French life
We are settling in to French life. Wait, you say, you have been living in France for over two years, aren’t you already settled? In one sense, yes we are, as far as knowing how things work, or too often don’t work here. Yet, where we have been living in La Thebauderie we are surrounded…
A week back in La Thebaudiere
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…
Stuck in Dubrovnik
We left Slano on Monday, our next stop was Dubrovnik. As we were preparing to leave I sat on the bow of the ship and sketched. The plan was to spend one afternoon and evening in Dubrovnik, leaving at noon on Tuesday. The weather had a different plan for us – rain accompanied by strong…
Split – our Croatian time continues
After a long, but beautiful, bus ride along the Adriatic Coast on Monday we are back in Split. It is quite different from Dubrovnik, not as many iconic tourist sights other than the Diocletian Palace, which is well worth the trip. Yet there is a lot I like about it here, specifically the Riva Promenade….
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