Goodness, that was a long stretch without posting, wasn’t it? Hope you are all checking back in! We have just arrived in Paris from a week cruising on the river Rhone and Soane. This is the boat when we arrived in Arles. It was a small boat holding only about 125 people with, best we […]
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River Rhone and Saone
May 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on River Rhone and Saone · eating, Itinerary, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, travel, Uncategorized
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Nice is nice (sorry, couldn’t resist)
May 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Sabbatical trip, Uncategorized
Our next to last day in Nice. Tomorrow we transfer from the current hotel we’re in a block or two away to the hotel that is the official start of our “Flavors of Burgendy & Provence†River cruise. We’re having second thoughts (and that’s all they can be!) and hoping we enjoy being with a […]
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Bonjour Francia!
May 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Sabbatical trip, Uncategorized
We arrived last night from Figueres Spain to Nice France! It took about 7 hours total. We went Figueres to Montpellier, changed trains and then Montpellier to Nice. We had quite a moment when we went to track D and waited patiently only to have Rich observe that no-one else was on the platform. He […]
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Adios Espana!
May 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on Adios Espana! · Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, travel
We leave tomorrow morning for Nice France. It’s been a wonderful wonderful time here in Spain. We’ve learned a great deal, met wonderful people, and experienced not only another culture; but had time to reflect on the “culture” we live in. We had a great day and a half in Cadaques! I’ll post more another […]
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Dali…
May 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing
Well, we spent yesterday – or at least half of the day – in the Dali Theatre-Museum in Figueres. It’s really quite difficult to explain – as all Dali pieces really are! It probably is one of those things in life that has to be seen to be believed! Here’s a flavor of one room. […]
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