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…
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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…
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…
Wales to Penzance to Paris
If you have followed my travel blogs for even a short time you know that I have an obsession about packing light, which includes my sketching kit. This Daily Humor from the New Yorker made me smile. We took a small-group day-tour to get out and see some of the countryside of Wales. The first…
Dublin town
We are in Dublin, the first time for either of us in Ireland, I was in Northern Ireland, a different country, many years ago. We have looked forward to this trip for some time, and it has been good. We started off with a visit to the Guinness Storehouse, a multimedia experience that tells the…
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