As I wrote when I started this blog, after my years in the countryside of Virginia and after the first year-plus of Covid isolation and…
Carcassonne! I've wanted to see it for so long. Kristian suggested we make that our day trip out of Narbonne, rather than try to take…
Agde was on my original list of southwestern French towns to see as I started considering where to live. It's not that I'd heard much…
These are my last hours in France for this year. Kristian left late afternoon and will soon be home. I'm counting on a 3:30 a.m.…
In my post "Sign Language," I wrote of a very friendly hotel cleaner. That was just one of many friendly encounters in Türkiye. The most…
Just posting an update on where I am. Currently in Luton airport, north of London, having left Diana's in Deal, Kent, and waiting for Ryan…
Seriously. I did wonder ... after so many years living in the Virginia countryside, would I take to a city as huge as Istanbul? Would…
I'll keep adding to these tidbits of travel info gleaned from experience. Feel free to ask questions in comments, if you are traveling somewhere I've…
I can't explain what happened to me in this case. I'd told a new French friend what my schedule was, and in conversations close to…
Right now, Saturday August 13, I'm in Side, in the province of Antalya. I came here from Alanya yesterday, having spent 3 days there just…
I'm writing from Burhaniye where I'm having a delightful visit with BB and family. I had no expectation beyond an interesting trip south - ferry…