by Jeff Drake | Oct 18, 2019 | 2019 France & Spain, Uncategorized
Well, in yet another clear case of “life interruptus,” my hopes for finishing my Alva Noe consciousness blog before leaving on our next overseas adventure have been dashed. Why? Because I was too damned lazy and besides, we are off to Europe tomorrow!...
by Jeff Drake | Oct 17, 2019 | 2019 France & Spain, Uncategorized
Provence (Roussillon) It’s always surprising how long the wait seems before going on vacation, then suddenly you’re traveling and soon, before you know what is happening, you are back, the vacation is over and you’re thinking, “Wow, that was fast!” And for this...
by Jeff Drake | Oct 16, 2019 | 2019 France & Spain, Uncategorized
Truffle Hunting! On our trip to Italy in 2017 we paid to go on a truffle hunting excursion. It was a bust! Climate change had delivered several years of drought which is anathema to truffles. To boot the Italian truffle hunter spoke barely any English at all and knew...
by Jeff Drake | Oct 15, 2019 | 2019 France & Spain, Uncategorized
Carrières de Lumières and Vincent van Goh France, of course, drips with history. One thing Lisa and I always love to do when visiting someplace with lots of history is to read about the area we’re traveling to in order to discover any interesting historical tidbits...
by Jeff Drake | Oct 14, 2019 | 2019 France & Spain, Uncategorized
Provence Outings and Carcassonne During this trip we drove all over the Lubron Valley, visiting small towns and plus beau villages. There are all sorts of churches throughout France and the Dordogne. Interestingly, so many of the monasteries are Cistercian, the 3rd...
by Jeff Drake | Oct 13, 2019 | 2019 France & Spain, Uncategorized
Sarlat-la-Canéda & environs I’m going to wrap up France with this post, then I will do one more final post about Barcelona. All with photos, of course! After one evening in Carcassonne, we got back in the car and drove to our final French destination,...
by Jeff Drake | Oct 12, 2019 | 2019 France & Spain, Uncategorized
After 3 days dealing with reordering and moving literally thousands of files between external drives and getting my Lightroom catalog back in order and two days of visitors, I finally can finish this travel blog. I have to get ready for a trip to New Jersey tomorrow...
