Well, in yet another clear case of “life interruptus,” my hopes for finishing my Alva Noe consciousness blog before leaving on our next overseas adventure have been dashed. Why? Because I was too damned lazy and besides, we are off…
Provence (Roussillon) It’s always surprising how long the wait seems before going on vacation, then suddenly you’re traveling and soon, before you know what is happening, you are back, the vacation is over and you’re thinking, “Wow, that was fast!”…
Truffle Hunting! On our trip to Italy in 2017 we paid to go on a truffle hunting excursion. It was a bust! Climate change had delivered several years of drought which is anathema to truffles. To boot the Italian truffle…
Carrières de Lumières and Vincent van Goh France, of course, drips with history. One thing Lisa and I always love to do when visiting someplace with lots of history is to read about the area we’re traveling to in order…
Provence Outings and Carcassonne During this trip we drove all over the Lubron Valley, visiting small towns and plus beau villages. There are all sorts of churches throughout France and the Dordogne. Interestingly, so many of the monasteries are Cistercian,…
Sarlat-la-Canéda & environs I’m going to wrap up France with this post, then I will do one more final post about Barcelona. All with photos, of course! After one evening in Carcassonne, we got back in the car and drove…
After 3 days dealing with reordering and moving literally thousands of files between external drives and getting my Lightroom catalog back in order and two days of visitors, I finally can finish this travel blog. I have to get ready…
