Archive for August 2025
A Perfect Day in Narbonne
Travels With Anzie: A Perfect Day in Narbonne February 1, 2014 Here we are in the South of France. When you think of the South of France, what images come to mind: The Riviera? St. Tropez? Bathing in the Med.? Sunbathing in bikinis and thongs? Wrong! It’s cold here! Sure, it’s not as cold as…
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Travels with Anzie : Lagrasse, France 17 January, 2014 Meet Bea and David. In August, 2012 they were guest at our B&B for one night. We really hit it off. They live in Merseyside, just over the river from Liverpool. David is an architect; Bea works at a university. “So,” asked Bea, “Do you operate…
Read MoreParis and Strikes
April 10, 2006 Paris Strikes Check out the Paris and Strikes photos attached. We’ve finished our first week in Paris, and everyone has been asking: What about the strikes? For those of you who may not be aware, the French government was about to pass a law allowing companies that hire workers under the age…
Read MoreEaster in France and Finding Chuck’s French Brother
March 2006 Easter in France and Chuck’s French brother Check out the Easter in France and Finding Chuck’s French Brother photos attached. Meet Jean Claude – my French brother. I first met Jean Claude in the summer of 1960. I had just finished my sophomore year in college, and had decided to major in French Literature.…
Read MoreEastern Provence
November 2005 Eastern Provence Meet Eric and Michel. They’re a gay couple who run the Brasserie de l’Ēveque. It’s situated on a little cobblestone square just below where we live in Grasse. Actually it’s a 100 ft. vertical drop from where we live. You see, the town of Grasse is located on the side of…
Read MoreSouthern Portugal
Oct 2004 Southern Portugal with Lyndsie & Eric Chapel of Bones … cork … megaliths … the Algarve … Seville. We meet in Lisbon and travel South. Back to Lisbon The next day we left Pinhăo in the Douro Alto for Lisbon to meet our friends, Lyndsie and Eric. We meandered along the Douro River,…
Read MorePortugal Lisbon and Bullfighting
October 2004 Portugal Just returned from two glorious weeks in Portugal. The country exceeded our expectations by far: The culture, the scenery, the people, the food, the wine, the weather … it has a lot to offer and mostly at reasonable value for the dollar. We’d like to share with you our discoveries. Bullfighting –…
Read MoreEsterillos and the West coast
January 17, 2007 Esterillos Costa Rica Meet Jorge. He’s a good-looking Tico surfer dude. He and his knockout girlfriend, Gianina, manage La Felicidad, a seven-room hotel in Esterillos Centro. It’s a community of perhaps 20 houses located on absolutely undeveloped Pacific Ocean beachfront. Son Rowan and nephew Finn McCool are renting a three-bedroom house just…
Read MoreFloods
Another Costa Rican Adventure? We took off 7:30 AM Monday. It was a beautiful sunny day in San Roque de Barva, where we live. Our plan was to spend the week in Panama, in a group of islands off the Caribbean coast known as Bocas del Toro. We had heard about this site from several…
Read MoreEarthquakes
Costa Rica Earthquake Don’t know if it’s made the news up there, but we’ve experienced several earthquakes yesterday and today. The biggest today hit 6.2 on the Richter. The epicenter was only 42 kms away, near a semi-active volcano — Poas. I was driving at the time. It’s a weird feeling when the road begins…
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