Now I lay me down to sleep…
The accomodations along the way have been fun so I thought I’d do a little post about them… Paris – Home Modern Hotel – this was a nice little hotel in a fairly nice...
Category: France
11eme Avenue – Paris
Relaxed. Sipping red. Happy. All around loud, serious, happy, chatting, quiet, reflective, beautiful, 20-somethings. Noise. Traffic. Horns. Voices. Amazing. Leaves fall on Paris streets. I am un-noticed by them. Culturally polite or generationally indifferent?...
Our visit to Basilique de Sacre Coeur
Today we set out on a mini pilgrimage to visit the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. This magnificent building stands high up on a hill overlooking the entire city of Paris. Likely the highest...
Journey – Avigliana (Turin) to Lyon, and farewell FIAT
We decided we’d have to wait until 8am (when the cafe opened) so that we could get our final capacinno and crema filled croissant before departing Avigliana. The car needed to be back at...
Journey – Lyon to Menton
This is our little FIAT 500X. It’s great. Yesterday we went to pick up our car and encountered complications. We were VERY fortunate to have an amazing person helping us. She had very good...
Lyon – First Meal and Practicing French
If you saw this sign, you’d likely imagine that dinner was being served. Makes sense really. We arrived in Lyon this afternoon and easily found our way to our residence for the next two...
Paris – Day 3 & Journey – Paris to Lyon
We’re on a wonderful train traveling at abou 300 km/h right now on the way to Lyon. This is a nice way to travel. Very smooth, fast, comfortable. Yesterday we got an earlier start...
Paris – Day 3
17 km today! Amazing sites, picnic lunch with icky cheese and good wine in a park and another cheese and meat board for dinner. A great day. Here are some pictures!