Vingt-six, Day twenty-six September 29, 2018 From Facebook: Today started with a centennial. My grandfather’s triple wounding. He fought on so tomorrow will be the anniversary of his being sent… Continue Reading
Vingt-Cinq – Day 25 Correction September 29, 2018 One hundred years ago today my Grandfather CORRECTION…WAS SHOT TO HELL THREE TIMES. TOMORROW WILL BE THE HUNDREDETH ANNIVERSARY of his being sent to… Continue Reading
Vingt-Quatre September 29, 2018 From Facebook: Near the end of a full day driving the Meuse Argonne battlefield I walked among some of the 14,000 graves in the… Continue Reading
Vingt-trois – Day 23 September 28, 2018 From Facebook: The 26 pics I’ve included may bore the pants off of my readers. They show the quiet countryside of a sleepy part… Continue Reading
Vingt-deux, Day Twenty-two September 27, 2018 From Facebook: We drove for 3 hours to Verdun, the epicenter of death for French soldiers in 1915. The city was rebuilt following the… Continue Reading
Vingt-un – Day twenty-one September 27, 2018 From Facebook: Yesterday I would have made my father proud. I drove a few miles away to cross the Rhine to be in another… Continue Reading
The America that Bret Kavanaugh helped make.. September 26, 2018 …elected Donald Trump.……… At the moment it is 4:30 am in France. I am only miles away from where another man – who was… Continue Reading
Vingt – Day Twenty September 25, 2018 From Facebook: We drove into Alsace today home to sauerkraut, reisling wine, some of my German fighting Grandfarher’s ancestors. It was a centuries long… Continue Reading
Dix-Neuf -Nineteen September 25, 2018 From Facebook: Guided tours of the vineyards begin in Darcy Park near our Dijon hotel. For some reason ye olde English telephone booth is… Continue Reading
Dix-huit – Day Eighteen September 23, 2018 From Facebook: This was a happy day and I took lots of pics. Saturday not only saw calliopes and organ grinders but market day… Continue Reading
Dix-sept – day seventeen September 22, 2018 We have left 3 days of CNN in English back at Bourges. We haven’t checked to see if we can get it at this… Continue Reading
Seize – Day 16 September 21, 2018 From my Facebook Page: Today’s first attraction was half a block away. It was the almost palatial castle of France’s first mega-rich businessman Jacques… Continue Reading
Quinze – Day 15 September 19, 2018 From Facebook: Thirty days gives us the luxury of not rushing. We have spent the last 3 hours in our hotel room watching French… Continue Reading
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
Important think piece I read before boarding the TGV to Bordeux September 16, 2018 Donald Trump may not go anywhere soon. https://nyti.ms/2CUHxSa 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