Quatorze – Day 14 September 19, 2018 From Facebook: We have 2 three-day stays ahead of us. We hopped back on the train from Bordeaux to Tours and drove our rental… Continue Reading
Treize – Day thirteen September 18, 2018 From Facebook but first a correction: The first picture I referred to was a traffic sign that I’m not certain is really official. It… Continue Reading
Douze (Twelve) Days September 17, 2018 From my Facebook entry: Today we traveled on the french rails and I snapped several pics of the countryside as we zipped along on… Continue Reading
Onze (eleven) September 16, 2018 My last post suggested that we are not intensely interested in the fate of the United States. Nothing could be further than the truth…. Continue Reading
dix September 15, 2018 I made the Duluth News Trib a couple days ago much to my amusement. Reporter Brady Slater, who has been covering the Congressional campaign… Continue Reading
Huitieme et neuvieme jours, Je suis desole d’etre en retard September 14, 2018 The Title says, “Eighth and ninth days, I am sorry to be late. Couldn’t be helped. My wifi connection petered out in St. Malo… Continue Reading
Sept on Sept. 11 September 11, 2018 Seven days in to my vacation and I ran out of time. Its 1AM in France and I lost a 194 day streak of… Continue Reading
Six – that’s pronounced seece – rhymes with fleece September 10, 2018 For several months I got used to talking with french folks online who were on their computers while I was still waking up. In… Continue Reading
Cinq for the memories – deep background September 9, 2018 In most of my previous big trips Claudia and I wrote a daily journal. Both of us would write in longhand in a diary… Continue Reading
Le quatrième jour September 9, 2018 I summed up our fourth day of travels this way in my Facebook post: “We left Paris – for now – well organized and… Continue Reading
Managing my Trois September 8, 2018 I spare my Facebook friends long tedious explanations of what I do. I simply inundate them with pictures when I go traveling. Here’s how… Continue Reading
Notre deuxième jour – “our second day” September 6, 2018 In 2016 when Claudia and I were in Jerusalem every political know-it-all was assuring Americans that Donald Trump could never get elected President. In… Continue Reading
Paree September 5, 2018 I may have gotten a wink of sleep on my flight over the Atlantic to France but, if so, it was quite literally a… Continue Reading
Bon Voyage September 3, 2018 For two years I’ve been salivating over the prospect of traveling across the battlefields that my Grandfather fought on one hundred years ago. For… Continue Reading
To Conquer Hell May 9, 2018 I discovered another book of mine pertinent to my upcoming visit to France. Its To Conquer Hell by Edward G. Lengel. The author is… Continue Reading
Duty, Honor, Country May 3, 2018 Ah that’s better. I’ll give you an update after I get my hour of french practice in. Before we left for Florida a second… Continue Reading
Georges Méliès May 3, 2018 A very cool video from Google’s greeting of the day of a Disney-like figure in France, the innovative movie maker, Georges Méliès. I want… Continue Reading
Duty, Honor, Country sans one May 2, 2018 Darn, I’ll need to rotate this…….more later. My photo sharing ap is being very balky. Its late and … We just ordered our tickets… Continue Reading
France April 23, 2018 This is my bookcase of French related books that I’m working on. I posted a similar picture of the books on China last year…. Continue Reading
Join me April 21, 2018 Writing French politics fine food I will explain later. 6HKBES Continue Reading
