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...
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...
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?...
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...
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...
The journey from Avigliana to Lyon brought us through the Alps – and very close to the border of Switzerland. The pictures in this gallery are not in order necessarily, but they give you...
The following are miscellaneous thoughts and observations. Obviously we’ve not been anywhere long enough to form any firm basis for generalizations so they aren’t intended in that way. As more things come to mind,...
We went along with our host Francesca this morning. We visited a grocery store, a ceramic shop (in the local news shop), learned more local history and learned where NOT to buy gas. Then...
This morning we set out with our host, Francesca, for what was to be a wonderful day of learning, eating and laughing! Along the way we learned about an earthquake that struck the region...