by Jeff Drake | Oct 18, 2019 | 2019 France & Spain, Uncategorized
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 …
by Jeff Drake | Oct 17, 2019 | 2019 France & Spain, Uncategorized
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!”...
by Jeff Drake | Oct 16, 2019 | 2019 France & Spain, Uncategorized
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 …
by Jeff Drake | Oct 15, 2019 | 2019 France & Spain, Uncategorized
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 …
by Jeff Drake | Oct 14, 2019 | 2019 France & Spain, Uncategorized
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,...
by Jeff Drake | Oct 13, 2019 | 2019 France & Spain, Uncategorized
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 …
by Jeff Drake | Oct 12, 2019 | 2019 France & Spain, Uncategorized
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 …
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | Travel
Had a great visit to Portugal! Just spent a couple hours at the Roman ruins at Merida. A very nice town! Enjoyed a wonderful gazpacho. The olives were outstanding!...
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | Travel
We have arrived at our 14th century paradise. It is beautiful!...
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | Travel
Yep, that’s Duke d’Alba....
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | 2018 Spain & Portugal
Wow, I finally have a little time to start to organize our photos, videos and write something to my blog. We have been very busy! Lisa and I really enjoyed Portugal and were happy to finally get to visit the …
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | 2018 Spain & Portugal
Today we had a “learning and discovery” activity. We got to spend the better part of a day at a bull ranch, owned and operated by a well-known Spanish matador, Rafael Tejada. All I can say is that being a …
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | Travel
Our home till tomorrow. I have never been to a place before where you can see olive trees in every direction, from horizon to horizon!...
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | 2018 Spain & Portugal
Okay, I lied. Cordoba is actually a very old and beautiful city in southern Spain. Like many others, it began as a neolithic settlement, then came the Romans, then the Muslims. In fact, it became the capital of the Islamic …
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | 2018 Spain & Portugal
Hi folks! I have to make this a quick post. I may get a chance to say more later. It’s hard to believe our trip is almost over. We leave on a flight tomorrow morning at (ugh) 6:00am. We won’t …
by Jeff Drake | Jul 1, 2018 | 2018 Spain & Portugal
Hola muchachos! We are home after our trip to Portugal and Spain and at this point, well-rested! Jet lag was rough for a couple days, but this wasn’t our first rodeo, so we pushed through it. By the way, we …
