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Alsace Trip – Colmar
Colmar was next up on our itinerary. It’s not far from Strasbourg, smaller by quite a bit (around 75,000 compared to Strasbourg’s 470,000) and definitely oriented more toward tourism. The city has many beautiful and interesting buildings, built in the … Continue reading
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A Ramble to Montreuil-sur-Mer
Our friends Jamie and Hervé have sung the praises of Montreuil-sur-Mer since they visited the town several years ago (Hervé is from a small town not far away) and when they suggested we meet them there for a couple days, … Continue reading
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Paris
This week we came to Paris for three days. Now any halfway-regular reader of this blog knows that we love Paris. We think it is the best city in the world, a qualification that may not be exactly valid because … Continue reading
Sancerre
Last Thursday we took a day trip to the Sancerre region, for two reasons: to buy some Sancerre wine from a winery that we’ve visited and bought from since we started our long stays here, and to have lunch with … Continue reading
On the Road Again
Yes, believe it or else, we are back in the traveling mode. We arrived in France last Sunday, after reasonably pleasant flights on Delta Airlines – St. Louis to Atlanta and then Atlanta to Paris. Picked up a car, drove … Continue reading
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Wyoming Ramble
Maybe it was cabin fever or because we had to cancel a three-month France trip this summer, but when our friends Eric and Shelley asked if we would like to visit them during their stay in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where … Continue reading
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Halloween in Elmsford
We made one more trip this year – to Elmsford NY for Halloween. Craig and Annie’s neighborhood really does Halloween big: the majority of the houses are decorated, from a few pumpkins to full-yard displays of ghosts, skeletons, ghouls, laser … Continue reading
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Summer 2019 Rambles – Northern California
We stayed home this year and decided to make a couple local trips, here in the good ol’ U.S of A. We had a great time! After our cross-country drive, we took two short trips to places about as different … Continue reading
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2019 Rambles – Northeastern Oregon
Northeastern Oregon – Joseph and the Zumwalt Prairie For our next ramble we could hardly have chosen a place more different than the forests and coastline of Northern California. Joseph, population about 800, sits in northeastern Oregon, 10 minutes from … Continue reading
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Mission Accomplished
The objective of this trip was to bring a car back to Craig and Annie; they could use a second car and we had an extra. Yesterday, Craig got all the legal stuff done and, with a little help from … Continue reading
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