2022 – Europe

We wake up late, perhaps due to the wine of the night before. The day is cool, bright and beautiful, as it has been so many mornings here in

Today’s our first day in the Dordogne, aka the Perigord. Few places in this region are more revered and celebrated than Saint Emilion and

Today we take the TGV, France’s high-speed train, from Paris to Bordeaux. It’s also the anniversary of the day when our travel partners,

It’s just four of us again. We said our fond farewells to Mike and Liz. We helped them shuttle their bags down in the tiny elevator, one bag

Four of us have been in the Netherlands, and now Paris, for three weeks. Today we (briefly) become six people. Our friends Ron and Nancy fly

Another day, more excitement scheduled. We’ve added ‘food tours’ to the itineraries of a number of recent trips. Karen thought Paris might

Each day we get up and say “Big day!” Which is to say that we’re in Europe and every day is a big day. Today, however, we’re going to see

Our plan today is to have a nice breakfast and go to the château de Vaux-le-Vicomte. If you know Versailles, the amazing palace of Louis XIV,

We wake early. It’s another full day in Paris. We like the sound of that. We don’t realize but the building heat is still on (maybe for another

Today we get up early. It’s a big day. Our last day in Amsterdam, and our first day in Paris! We pack and get ready to go, but first we head