Thursday, March 11, 2010

At the Hotel Marie Normandy, Saint Cloud

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Marie and Norm have again hosted us, from our arrival February 14 to the present. Fortunately, the Hotel Marie Normandy is very large, and t...
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Monday, February 15, 2010

Intermission

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We are back in the States for a while, visiting/mooching off relatives in Florida, then California, then Idaho, with visits ...
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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Passage From Marseilles

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So a few nights ago, to get into the mood, we watched  Passage to Marseilles , one of the most colossally-awful movies ever made. It has alm...

Arles

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Remnants of town portal, Arles In the Coliseum in Arles; sat 20,000 More coliseum Ditto ...

Bottled Epiphany

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Camped on the beach near Sete We are on the beach at Sete, in the south of France, a place I had remembered from a previous visit. ...

A Few Days in Provence

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Our trip began slowing down as our thoughts turned to returning to the states, packing, where to store the Grey Wanderer, how to get from th...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Cathar Castles: Peyrepertuse

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We spent the night at a quiet municipal aire at Duihlac, just down from Peyrepertuse Peyrepertuse From the carpark; we ...

Cathar Castles: Queribus

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Queribus Closer up Across the valley, from Peyrepertuse In the AM, with the Mediterranean in the backg...

Across the Pyrenees

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So, still giggling from the Dali, we drove back east, crossing the Pyrenees just below where they peter out. Vicki had wanted to see one or ...

Not Enough Dali

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Dali's copy of Rubens' copy of Michaelangelo's copy of ... Velazquez is Spain's most revered painter; the Prado...

More Dali

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Portrait of Picasso...the likeness is remarkable "Soft" self-portrait 1947 was a good year for the Dal...