UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 3 Jul 2011 | Views [1165]
Our British friends half-jokingly tell us what Americans consider
history is actually current events.
As we travel through Cornwall, the southwestern part of England, we
can’t argue the point. Its history
pre-dates the Romans and the landscape ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 1 Jul 2011 | Views [1042]
The
first major town we came to was Southampton, the port city where the big cruise
ships dock. The hotels were booked but we found the Rivendell B&B, a
nice place just out of town. Staying in B&Bs costs a bit more than
cheap hotels ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 30 Jun 2011 | Views [824]
The "Chunnel" train click-clacked us from hot,
sweltering Paris to cool, damp London in just over two hours. It doesn't seem like an
especially fast train, nor is it luxurious. And it is expensive, $350
round-trip. But it sure ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 28 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery
The United Kingdom
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FRANCE | Monday, 27 Jun 2011 | Views [1115]
We are in the final days of our clockwise circumnavigation of Paris by visiting several World Heritage sites a day. It’s a lot of driving but we are having a great time. First stop, Mont St. Michel. ... Read more >
FRANCE | Friday, 24 Jun 2011 | Views [1953]
“The battle belonged that morning to the thin,
wet line of khaki that dragged itself ashore on the channel coast
of France.” General Omar
M. Bradley
We all know the significance of ... Read more >
FRANCE | Thursday, 23 Jun 2011 | Views [1638]
Barbizon
is possibly the most pleasant village on the planet and with home prices
beginning around a million euros (yes, I checked), it should be. The Barbizon School of painting,
created by John Constable in the late 1800s, took painting ... Read more >
FRANCE | Wednesday, 22 Jun 2011 | Views [1597]
No rooms in Paris so we are driving again. Our chariot this time is a Peugeot 207 diesel, which is even
smaller than the Fiat. But it
holds our luggage and should get 55 mpg.
Connie did a Magellanesque job of navigation through the streets ... Read more >
FRANCE | Tuesday, 21 Jun 2011 | Views [1028]
It would crass to make jokes about perhaps the greatest
art collection in the world, wouldn’t it?
Something like, “Louvre – French for OMG, who are all these people?” Or “Nobody goes to the Louvre
anymore. It’s too crowded!” So I ... Read more >
FRANCE | Monday, 20 Jun 2011 | Views [991]
Sometimes you get lucky.
Sometimes you don’t!
The train from Toulouse to Paris was 45 minutes late. Which was lucky because SNCF, the
French railroad, had no record of the ticket we bought online from Rail Europe,
even though the cost ... Read more >
FRANCE | Saturday, 18 Jun 2011 | Views [1528]
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a fairy
tale? Alan and Diana, kindred
spirits we met on the cruise, do just that. They fell in love with St. Martin de Vers and bought a home
there in 2004 and now split the year between ... Read more >
FRANCE | Friday, 17 Jun 2011 | Views [1180]
If you don’t mind sharing sights with 30 or 40 formerly complete strangers, a tour is the sanest way to see Europe. And your guide will fill your mind with interesting stories and copious dates that you are sure to forget. But ... Read more >
ANDORRA | Monday, 13 Jun 2011 | Views [2596]
I am of two minds when it comes to rental cars. They are expensive and driving in a
foreign country can be stressful.
The roads are narrow and winding, the signs are difficult to understand
and parking can be a nightmare.
Traveling ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sunday, 12 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery
2011
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SPAIN | Thursday, 9 Jun 2011 | Views [1941]
It’s only two kilometers from the bus stop in Santillana del Mar to the
Altamira Museum and Cave but you arrive 20,000 years in the past. Stone Age humans, cave men, occupied
Altamira for 8,000 years and left behind drawings and polychrome ... Read more >
SPAIN | Wednesday, 8 Jun 2011 | Views [1810]
Lonely Planet doesn’t even
mention Oviedo! Probably because
it doesn’t have a beach. That’s
too bad for Oviedo, but good for us.
It is the most livable place we have seen in Spain and we liked it even
more than Leon, despite the ... Read more >
SPAIN | Saturday, 4 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery
From A Coruna to Bilbao
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SPAIN | Friday, 3 Jun 2011 | Views [906]
Some come alone, others travel in organized groups, and most walk in
twos and threes. Some ride bikes
but the majority are on foot. They
come from Spain and France, from England and Germany. A few are from North America. Some cover ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 2 Jun 2011 | Views [1387]
The Roman Empire covered a vast area from Turkey to Spain.
Two Romans sites, Las Medulas and Lugo, lie between Leon and Santiago de
Compostela. We decided on day
trips to visit the sites: west from Leon for Las Medulas and east from Santiago
for ... Read more >
SPAIN | Wednesday, 1 Jun 2011 | Views [840]
Leon is one of those places you like from the first moment. The train station is just across the river from the city and when we couldn’t find a taxi we decided to walk towards the cathedral. That’s when we began to ... Read more >
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