We have lived and worked for many years overseas, particularly in Africa. However, we always return to Newburyport. 

To read about our adventures around the world and see our photos, click on the underlined links below.  To go back to this page, just click on the back arrow in the top-left corner of the page.

Travels with Anzie

Stories from around the world with Anzie and Chuck

Holland and Belgium

Canal Trip through Holland and Belgium

• Cruise boat and team photos
• Keukenhof  tulip gardens photos
  
• Brussels  photos
  
• Brugge  photos
  

Spain

• Meeting Dali in Spain 
  
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• A Crappy Christmas
• Basque Country Spain
  • see photos San Sebastion and country side
    
  • ​see photos Guernica
    
  • Bilboa museum
    

England

• The Cornish Coast England
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• Saint Michael's Mount 
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Greece

•   Greek Isles
  •  photos - Paros 1
  •  photos - Paros 2 northern Paros
  •  photos - Antiparos
  •  photos - Santorini
  •  photos - Crete
  •  photos - The Minoan Knossos Palace
•    Crete

Istanbul

   Athens and Istanbul

• Photos - Our first 2 days in Istanbul
• Photos - Blue Mosque
  
• Photos - Aya Sofya and ancient Cistern
  
• Photos - Grand Bazaar,  Museum and great food 
  
• Photos - Topkapi Palace
  

Mexico

• Our trip down to San Miguel de Allende
• Our first house in San Miguel photos
  
• Our house now in San Miguel photos
  
• Wonderful San Miguel de Allende
  • Why come to San Miguel  photos 
• Protest in San Miguel    photos
• Snow in Mexico
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• Valentine's Day in a ghost town
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• Santa semana - Easter week
  • Procession of Christ on the Column  photos
  • Our Lady of Sorrows photos
  • Palm Sunday  photos
  • Good Friday  photos
    
• Blessing of the Animals​ see photos
• Indian festival of El Senor de la Conquista
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• Talavera and Tiles classes
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• Photos of Anzie's weaving class and Chuck's painting class​ 
• Puebla photos
  
• Our beautiful hotel in Puebla
  
• Patzcuaro 
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  • photos of Santa Clara the copper town
• Mexico City  
  • photos of the popular arts museum
  • photos of Anthropological Museum
• Oaxaca
  • photos day one
  • Monte Alban ruins
  • Mitla ruins
  • Arts villages around Oaxaca
• Veracruz trip photos
  
• Guadalajara  photos
• Jalpan and the Franciscan Churches of Mexico
  • see photos  Jalpan  Mission
  • see photos  Tamacoyl  Church
  • see photos   Landa de Matamores Church
• Las Posas
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  • video
• The ruins of Tulum and Chichen Itza- the Yucatan
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• Hilario the Oaxacan rug weaver  see photos
• Beautiful and amazing Boveda ceilings
  
• Colima and Manzanillo  photos
  
• Rancho Bandares on Punta Mita  photos
  
• The beach at Zihuatanejo
  
• ​The Silver cities of Mexico
  

Dubai

• The facinating city of Dubai 
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 US

• New Mexico - Santa Fe, Taos and Georgia O'Keefe
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• Kauai and the Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens  photos
  
• Hawaii photos
  

West coast

• Carmel photos
  
• Trip to Mill Valley and the Golden Gate Park photos
  
• Northern California coast and the Samoan Cookhouse photos
  
• Japanese garden in Portland photos
  
• Tacoma glass museums and Chouley's glass bridge photos
  
• Pikes Market Seatle photos
  
• Butchart Garden, Victoria Island, British Columbia photos
  
• Totems in Stanley Park, Victoria, BC Canada  photos
  
• Skagit, Washington tulip fields photos
  

US National Parks

•  Rocky Mountain National park and friends and family
  
• Through Capital Reef to Arches national parks  photos
  
• Arches National Park  photos
  
• Hoodos 1 photos
  
• Hoodos  2 photos
  
• Bryce Canyon National Park  photos
  
• Zion National Park  photos
  
• Road from Zion through Escalante National Park  photos
  
• Salt Lake City and Provo  photos
  
• Our trip home from Mexico through the southeast 2015

​​​​Travel 2022

• ​ Bits and Pieces II - photos
• Bits and pieces III - photos​
• ​Lascaux - photos

Travels 2021 

• Return to France
• Dordgne
• Cool machines
• French and Covid
• Death in France
  

​​Travels 2020​

• Barcelona 
• Sagrada Familia
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• Cadaquez and Dali
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• Diary of a Lockdown​​
  
  

Travels 2019

• ​Travels with Anzie -- Bits and Pieces II
  
• Southern France:  Bits and Pieces
  
• Bits and pieces 1 
  
• Bobby Lapoint
  

• Our first 72 hours in Southern France
  

• Dakar taxi revisited 
  
• Senegal - Mamadou revisited
• ​Senegal - Crazy Politics, etc
  

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Travels 2018

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• ​Lecco Italy and Fussen, Germany
  

          Photos- Lecco Italy

          Photos - Fussen Germany

• Dohany Street Synagogue. Prague Hungary

           Photos

​​​Africa

• ​Anne's Arrival in Dakar
• Chuck's Arrival in Dakar and Anne's First Month
  • photos of our home and garden in Dakar
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• The Other Side of Dakar
• Dakar and Old Friends
  • photos of Dakar
• Settling In and First Peace Corps Trip
• Anzie's Work 
  
• Chuck's Job at the US Embassy
• ​​Locusts 
• Islam
• Mauritania
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• Dakar Taxi and Fatou
• Cape Verde
• Terenga and Mamadou
• Anzie's Work with Peace Corps
• 40th Anniversary of Peace Corps in Senegal
• Fatik and a Traditional Funeral Service
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• Sine Saloum Delta and a Beautiful Island Resort
• Mali 
• Land of Fouta and a Traditional Ceremony
• Kruger Game Park South Africa
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• Traveling Through South Africa
• Racism in Africa
• President Bush Visits Dakar
• December 2003 and Christmas
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• Pink Lake and Strange French Customs 
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• A New Year's 2004 roof top party​ photos
• Goree Island and Mama Africa
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• Journey to the Religious Center of Touba 
• Northern Tunisia
  • Along the northern coast   photos    
  • Beautiful village of Sidi Bou Said  photos
  • Photos World famous Bardo Museum famous for it's mosaics
• Southern Tunisia: Rugs, Sbeitla Roman Ruins, Oases and Anne's Peace Corps family
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• Southern Tunisia: Living Underground, Ghorfas and the Land of the Lotus Eaters
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• A party for friends Idy and Senebou's new baby​  see photos
• The US Election and Thanksgiving in Africa
• Gambia - Getting There
• Gambia - The Country the World Forgot
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• Gambia Revisited
• The Year in Review and Our Second Christmas
• St Louis and the Famous Djoudj Bird Sanctuary
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• The Festival of Tabaski
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• Tanzania and Zanzibar
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• Tanzania and the Serengeti  
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• Tanzania and Our Safari
• Condoleeza Rice Visits Dakar
• Cameroon - Anne's Training at the US Embassy in Yaoundé
• Cameroon - Douala and the Beach Resort at Kribi
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• Morocco
  

Costa Rica

• Tortuguero

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• Earthquakes  ​
  
• Volcanos photos 
• Floods
• Esterillos and the West coast
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• Sachi and Ox Carts 
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• Flowers of Costa Rica
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Europe

Portugal

• Portugal Lisbon and Bullfighting
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• Northern Portugal
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• Southern Portugal
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​France

Eastern Provence

Easter in France and Finding Chuck's French Brother 

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Paris and the strikes

• see Paris photos

Lagrasse, France

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• Medieval Ceiling paintings   

A perfect Day in Narbonne

• ​photos
  

The Cathars - Southern France

• see photos - Minerve
•  ​see photos - Villerouges Termenes
• see photos -  Other castles and Abbeys relating to the Cathars
• see photos - Foix, the only castle that didn't fall
• see photos - Fontfroide Abbey
• see photos - Beziers