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ROCHEFORT-EN-TERRE

FRANCE | Friday, 24 Oct 2025 | Views [61]

  Rochefort-en-Terre may not be THE most beautiful village in France as it claims, but it is on the official list of “Les Plus Beaux Villages de France.” And it’s only ten kilometers from our cottage.    Rochefort ... Read more >


BRITANY: VITRE, FOUGERES AND LA ROCHE-AUX-FÉES

FRANCE | Thursday, 23 Oct 2025 | Views [74]

  When we began our travels a couple of decades ago, we had to rely on guidebooks like “Lonely Planet” and Rick Steves. Now the internet is chock-a-block with tips and destinations for independent travelers. Much of it is shamelessly ... Read more >


BRITTANY: THE REAL FRANCE

FRANCE | Wednesday, 22 Oct 2025 | Views [56]

Saint-Congard is less than an hour from Josselin but as the French say, “Vivre la difference.” Our AirBnB is in a four-hundred year old farmhouse, 20 minutes from the nearest grocery store. Michel and Blandine met us at the door, speaking ... Read more >


MONT SAINT-MICHEL AND DINAN

FRANCE | Sunday, 19 Oct 2025 | Views [53]

Rennes, where we will spend the next couple of days, is only an hour from Saint-Malo but since check-in isn’t until five o’clock we decided to visit Mont Saint-Michel and the medieval town of Dinan, best known for it’s half-timbered ... Read more >


JERSEY: THE ORIGINAL

FRANCE | Saturday, 18 Oct 2025 | Views [46]

It was still dark when “HSC Tarifa Jet,” left Saint Malo for Jersey in the Channel Islands and made the 66 kilometer crossing in just over two hours. With the time difference—Jersey is on London time, an hour behind France—we ... Read more >


AMERICANS IN PARIS

FRANCE | Wednesday, 15 Oct 2025 | Views [48]

The hotel provided a shuttle service that would drop us at the Arc de Triomphe at noon with a promise to return at 6 PM. It’s Autumn in Paris, cool and slightly overcast, and we thought it would be the ideal day for for a stroll along the famed ... Read more >


PARIS SOJOURN

FRANCE | Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025 | Views [41]

Connie’s luggage was the first one on the baggage carousel from our connecting flight from Milan to Paris; mine followed shortly. Whew! Then we had a long hike around Charles de Gaul airport trying to locate the shuttle bus to our hotel. We’... Read more >


POMPEII

FRANCE | Sunday, 12 Oct 2025 | Views [25]

It’s just over a kilometer from the port of Civitavecchia to the train station but it feels longer when you’re pulling a 50-pound wheelie bag. We barely had time for a burger in Rome’s Termini before catching the train to Naples—... Read more >


NAPLES AND LIVORNO

ITALY | Thursday, 9 Oct 2025 | Views [16]

When we visited Naples in 2012, I wrote in my blog: “Naples is the most densely populated—and supposedly one of the most corrupt—cities in Europe. The guidebooks post warnings, fellow travelers spin tales of woe and even the public ... Read more >


SORRENTO AND LIVORNO

FRANCE | Wednesday, 8 Oct 2025 | Views [28]

When we visited Naples in 2012, I wrote in my blog: “Naples is the most densely populated—and supposedly one of the most corrupt—cities in Europe. The guidebooks post warnings, fellow travelers spin tales of woe and even the public ... Read more >


SICILY—CATANIA AND MESSINA

ITALY | Sunday, 5 Oct 2025 | Views [25]

Two other cruise ships were already in port when we arrived in Catania, another late substitution by Celebrity. Catania is more of a jumping-off point for Mt. Etna than a destination but the Mt. Etna tours had already departed by the time “Constellation”... Read more >


CORFU—IT’S ALL GREEK TO US

GREECE | Friday, 3 Oct 2025 | Views [15]

We fondly remember the two days we spent in Dubrovnik in 2011, so much so that we decided not to revisit on this trip. With the commercialization of the city as the site of “Game of Thrones” (which we have never watched!) and the €40 ... Read more >


ZADAR

CROATIA | Tuesday, 30 Sep 2025 | Views [19]

Weary from the “sturm und drang” of will-we-or-won’t-we make the cruise, we opted for the over-priced Celebrity charter bus to Ravenna rather than the train. Sailing on “Constellation” will be a treat—our Deck 2 cabin ... Read more >


IN THE NICK OF TIME

ITALY | Monday, 29 Sep 2025 | Views [18]

This would be our third visit to Malaga but we were still looking forward to revisiting the Alcazaba where we were first introduced to Islamic architecture. Even after seeing some of the most magnificent buildings and mosques in the Muslim world, the ... Read more >


CADIZ

SPAIN | Wednesday, 24 Sep 2025 | Views [14]

  Back in the day, before the Romans called it Mare Nostrum, the Mediterranean Sea belonged to the Phoenicians. In case you’ve forgotten them, the Phoenicians not only dominated sea trade for nearly a millennium, they developed the first verified ... Read more >


ATLANTIC CROSSING

BAHAMAS | Monday, 22 Sep 2025 | Views [14]

  Carnival’s “Mardi Gras” is the largest cruise ship we’ve been on with more than 6600 passengers! At a school zone speed of 20 knots it will have taken us ten days to cross the Atlantic from Cape Canaveral to Tenerife in ... Read more >


ATLANTIC CROSSING

FRANCE | Monday, 22 Sep 2025 | Views [12]

  Carnival’s “Mardi Gras” is the largest cruise ship we’ve been on with more than 6600 passengers! At a school zone speed of 20 knots it will have taken us ten days to cross the Atlantic from Cape Canaveral to Tenerife in ... Read more >


ON THE ROAD AGAIN

USA | Thursday, 11 Sep 2025 | Views [12]

  Finally, after 3½ months back “home” we’re about to take our show on the road again. There is nothing like visits with doctors—dentists and endodontists, podiatrists and dermatologists, optometrists and ophthalmologists, ... Read more >


Adieu, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good-Bye

USA | Friday, 16 May 2025 | Views [29010]

IT SHOULDN’T HAVE COME AS A SHOCK—there have been only two or three of us posting in the past year—but World Nomads seems to have stopped supporting photos on this site. And what’s a travel blog without pictures? ... Read more >


Early Birds

USA | Friday, 11 Apr 2025 | Views [28942]

NO TRIP TO THE HOUSTON AREA would be complete without a visit to Sabine Woods Audubon Sanctuary—at least for birders like us. Yes, we know we’re here too soon for the Spring migration but we’re hoping to see a few of those famous Early ... Read more >


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