-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- tamae moriyasu on Christmas in St. Louis
- Shelley on Christmas in St. Louis
- Margaret on Christmas in St. Louis
- Glenda on Christmas in St. Louis
- Mary Germain on St. Louis Sojourn
Archives
- January 2023
- June 2022
- January 2022
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- August 2020
- November 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- February 2015
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- September 2012
Categories
Meta
Author Archives: John
A “Cruise” on the Loing River
A great benefit of staying here for a longer time is that we can do things that we wouldn’t do if we were here for three or four weeks. Today is an example of that. In 2013 we stayed in … Continue reading
The Loire Valley Ramble: Three Chateaux
Last week we went back to the Loire Valley, a two-and-a-half hour drive south of Samois-sur-Seine, our current homebase. The Loire is famous for its many chateaux – some estimates put the number at somewhere around 3,000, for the Loire … Continue reading
Posted in Rambles
Leave a comment
Paris
We made a long sojourn into Paris last week – five days and nights. That’s the longest we’ve stayed there in years, and although it was the hottest stretch of the year – between 85 and 92! – we had … Continue reading
Posted in Ambles
2 Comments
An Event Worth Noting
A week ago, June 29, Laurie and I celebrated our 50th anniversaire de mariage. We were perfectly okay with that until I mentioned that we’ve been married half a century. That took away both our breaths! Our French family gave … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
Sancerre, Guédelon and Briare
On our first long stay here (2013), we did a ramble to Bourges and some places around there, and we asked Mary and Gilles if we could go to Sancerre. Although we were not great white wine fans, we’d heard … Continue reading
Posted in Ambles
Leave a comment
A Walk in Saint Mammès
Saint-Mammès is one of our favorite places to visit for a walk, so today off we went. As always we enjoyed our stroll, and the morning ended with a surprise – a good one, at that. Saint-Mammès is at the … Continue reading
Posted in Ambles
Leave a comment
A Walk in La Rochette
As we have no rambles planned for the next two weeks, we’ll be doing lots of walks and day-trips from our home-base here in Bois-le-Roi. I’m working on a post for just Bois-le-Roi so you can see where we are … Continue reading
Posted in Ambles
4 Comments
With an Old Friend in Paris
We had the great pleasure to introduce an old friend to Paris a couple weeks ago. When Laurie and I were in Coronado, across the bay from San Diego (in my Navy days), we became closest of friends with Paul … Continue reading
Posted in Ambles
Comments Off on With an Old Friend in Paris
Clermont-Ferrand and back to “home”
After Albi, we turned toward home (Bois-le-Roi home, that is), making two stops on the way. The first was near the town of Puy-en-Velay, and the second at Clermont-Ferrand. Viaduc de Milliau Both regular readers of this blog will know … Continue reading
Posted in Rambles
Comments Off on Clermont-Ferrand and back to “home”
Albi
After three days in Toulouse, we hit the road again. We spent a night in Albi, which has two really amazing sights: a museum and a cathedral. I know you’re saying, “Another cathedral!?!” Yep, and one different than any we’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Rambles
Comments Off on Albi