Destination: France

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Skipper joins the crew

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 | By braynroni | Views [420]

We struck camp early and headed toward La Rochelle in the misty dawn. Spotted a Brocante fair in Cozes on the way and stopped to peruse the stalls. Were sorely tempted by a full croquet set for 15Euro but resisted the temptation and left there with ... Read more >

Exploring Bordeaux - inside and out

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 | By braynroni | Views [594]

As I write this Bray is sitting next to me finishing off our 1Euro23 bottle of Bordeaux...straight out of the bottle as we have no glasses – all class! Today was a good day. Much exploring done this morning and a quiet campsite by new water to ... Read more >

Finding France

Fri, 9 Sep 2011 | By braynroni | Views [543]

Today was HOT . This morning we took a wee while to get going. Roni up first and went to the camp cafe for a ‘real’ coffee as she tried to make a dent in the backlog of photos to be labelled. Bray emerged eventually, feeling a bit rubbish – not ... Read more >

Photos: Paris

Fri, 9 Sep 2011 | By behindthelens | Flickr Photo Gallery

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Tags: europe, paris, travel

Climbing the Family Tree

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1076]

Nicole was researching the Mallo lineage when she ran into the first Lintz to marry into it. On Thursday she took us to the towns where these ancestors of Connie and Ron’s (remember Ron? This is all being done for him!) lived. And died.... Read more >

Beyond Borders

Thu, 1 Sep 2011 | By braynroni | Views [460]

This morning Roni was up with the birds and pottered around in the welcome coolness of the morning (SUCH a change not to be sweating from the get go!) until Bray emerged. On the road again relatively quickly and heading North to France.... Read more >

Second Day in Paris

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 | By stptaylor10 | Views [450]

8/30 10:15pm Paris Time: I'm exhausted, but if I want to inform y'all on everything, then I have to do it now. As well all know, yesterday was miserable, but today definitely made up for it. I did everything I had planned to do, plus two extra things ... Read more >

J'aime Strasbourg!

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [962]

Strasbourg is fantastic. It was named “capital of Europe” in 1945 and today houses several of the European Union ministries. But it is first and foremost a medieval city with a rich and vibrant history. It is also the center of Alsace, the northern ... Read more >

First Day in Paris

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 | By stptaylor10 | Views [442] | Comments [7]

8/29 8:26pm Paris time: Well, I arrived in Paris and lets just say almost everything about the last flight was just awful. The first two flights were ok, and the first part of the flight from Chicago to Paris was alright as well, ... Read more >

Tags: flights, paris

New Relatives

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [807]

Although “Cousin” Nicole and her husband, Thaddeus, didn’t know us from Adam and Eve, they met us at the Strasbourg station and drove us to their borrowed flat. We will stay with them for three or four days while we are pinch-hitting for Connie’s brother ... Read more >

Joie de Vivre

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [957]

We are in Nancy, a stopover on our way from Paris to Strasbourg, which is a story all its own that will unfold shortly. We and spent the day wandering around this World Heritage town soaking up its “art nouveau” architecture, also known as ... Read more >