Category Archives: Bois-le-Roi

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 →

A few years ago I wrote about parking in France. It has not changed. My conclusion about parking in France is that a driver can park a car anywhere as long as 1) the car doesn’t block traffic or a … Continue reading →

Last year I posted some meanderings about our current home of Bois-le-Roi, so just a few notes here. Bois-le-Roi is about 35 minutes by train south of Paris, with a population of about 5,600. Our “home away from home” in … Continue reading →

We walked to the Chartrettes lock yesterday to see how things were progressing. Answer: getting better. The Seine is down by six-eight feet below the locks and much of the surrounding banks that were under a lot of water Saturday … Continue reading →

We made it, safely and soundly! The flight over was fine: left on time, the meal was actually tasty (not unusual on Air France), we arrived on time, contacted the car-lease company without a problem, a van came to pick … Continue reading →

When we were here two years ago, the first six weeks we had miserable weather: wet and cold almost the entire time. This trip, not so much. We’ve had a couple cloudy days, about two hours of light rain, and … Continue reading →

Laurie says lots of blog readers will be interested in seeing where we’re staying for five weeks. I’m not so sure, but here goes… I think an unsettling moment of traveling is when you arrive at a place – a hotel, … Continue reading →

Now, maybe it’s just that I don’t understand how a person names his or her boat, but it certainly seems to me that the owner of this boat could have chosen a better name…