Previous Next July 30-31, 2022 July 30 was a travel day. We disembarked at 9:20 for the taxi to the Basil train station. The train to Paris we very full so managing the luggage up and down the narrow stairs, amongst a pressing crowd, was not easy. We got a taxi from the Gare […]
March 31, 2020 I am updating our travels of the past 6+ weeks as we have been halted by the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s not been easy to focus on past photos and narratives as we sit in Lagos, Portugal after spending 2 weeks in voluntary quarantine. The whole world is shutting down and we find
JULY 6, 2018 – Bordeaux Up for some breakfast and final clean up before meeting the taxi to the train station for our ride to Bordeaux, FR. It was a fairly short ride, about 45 min, to le Gare St Jean. Seems taxis don’t queue up in taxi stands here. The people queue
JUNE 22, 2018 – Castelsarrasin, FR June 21 was a travel day, as I flew first to Lisbon from the Azores, and then after many queues and misdirection, I made it to the flight to Bordeaux France. I met Anne Purvis there and we embarked on our adventure with a Tesla taxi ride into
MAY 20, 2018 MAY 21, 2018 Yesterday was a travel day with a nice surprise while shopping at a small market as most stores are closed on Sunday afternoons. We checked into a very spacious 2BR flat with almost everything…. We miss the kettle for coffee but I suppose the Nespresso machine sort of makes
MAY 17, 2018 We arrived yesterday afternoon and just had a quick walk to fetch provisions. We are in an aparthotel this time but it has everything!!! A microwave, small frig, a 2 burner hob, a coffee pot, and a half sized dishwasher – never seen one of those!!! It’s as wide as a normal