Drivers licence, Dacia, and the duvet dance


Cooking, planning, and chores can sure mess up sketching time, but at last now we are near Paris. We originally reserved this apartment as a place to stay while we sold our car – three weeks seemed like plenty of time to get it done, while allowing us to just live in a French community…

Still in Normandie, for a bit


We are enjoying our time back in La Thébaudière. We have been doing some spring sorting, going through clothes that we just never wear and then donating them to groups that will get them to people who can use them. It is quite beautiful here. You turn off of a narrow road just barely wide…

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….