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Tuesday. First stop, St. Paul de Vence, one of the oldest medieval villages on the French Riviera.  This, and the nearby museum, is so spectacular that a special edition of the blog is required.  Both the old city and the … Continue reading →

Saturday. Sun seems to have returned for the near future. Stopped in juan les pins for a tartine and pastry. Curved crossant, best we have had. Made in the boulangerie. Curved ones are disappearing replaced with the easier to make … Continue reading →

Wednesday Rain promised and delivered. All day. Often quite hard. Passed through St maxime on way to laundry in frejus. Expensive but clean and well maintained coin op. Corniche de l’esterele. Beautiful if one could take eyes off the curves. … Continue reading →

Monday, awoke to loud noise. First I thought it was delivery trucks running down the cobblestone road right outside of our old town hotel. Nope. Thunderstorm with very heavy rain. We just stayed in bed and enjoyed the sounds and … Continue reading →

Saturday,trip to one of the southern iles. A subtropical isle not too dissimilar to Tresco off the coast of Cornwall. Breakfast on the island. National Park, visit by boat or yacht (we took the boat) and spend the day hiking, … Continue reading →

Thursday. Hyeres via Cassis with a stop at the Basilica de Notre Dame First, a moment of grief for the soon to become “predator” Court; no longer the supremes. The Basilica, possibly the number one tourist attraction in Marseille,is located … Continue reading →

Wednesday, warming up. Booked a three calanque boat tour. One of the “things to do” in this busy but not overly touristic city. The calanques are the watery coves in the southern part of the Park National des Calanques. We … Continue reading →

Monday. Train to Marseille. Nothing especially interesting. Eurostar to Nord, then Rer to Lyon gare. The server on Eurostar liked the Gazpacho so we gave her a glass during meal service. Below is QB packing in the morning. Tuesday. Walking … Continue reading →

Saturday First, more on my Supreme Court thread. Might be time for local executive (executive branch) to generally ignore the Court rulings unless the Federal Executive sends in troops, physical or other strong enforcement. As regular readers know I believe … Continue reading →

Thursday – a planned rest day. Not so much, more wandering. Covent gardens area after a breakfast at Gails. QB acquires a treat A wedge of the bread. You might not have guessed. Equadorian drinking chocolate. Dinner at an outstanding … Continue reading →