Trips

More journal than blog.

I’d intended to keep this a running travel blog, but we just seemed to run out of hours in the day. I do plan on going back and filling in the holes. Memories are short. I’ll need to do it soon. Mahalo

July in Paris…

Tuesday, July 27 Today is our last day in the City of Light and our short 3+ day stop has been great. The day opened with a quick au revoir to Hotel Crystal. We didn’t like the room or the neighborhood, so we moved a bit closer to the Sorbonne and the Latin Quarter. Our …

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Geography

Watching the tube in our Dijon apartment, Laurel had a wonderful idea. If you watch CNN International, BBC World, Al Jazeera or almost any of the global channels, when they do weather map and summaries, they always include temperatures and condition summaries from continents around the globe. Wouldn’t it provide a big boost to US …

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The Six Rue Rule

Thursday, July 14 Today was one of those top-to-bottom glorious days in France. The day began with omelets and hash browns—OK, the pomme de terre with le petit déjeuner but they looked good at the Carrefour.  It was then time to add a bit of culture to our Dijon stay. A quick walk across the …

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