2018 was another year rich with travel adventures… January was about … Feb was about … March was about … April was about … ……enjoying springtime in Paris, France May was about … June was about … July was about…
Gems from Southern France (part 2): Carcassonne, Sete and the Parc National des Calanques
From our week long “home base” in Bouzigues, we continue to explore Southern France. Carcassonne It would be criminal to be in the Southwest of France and not visit the walled city of Carcassonne. Carcassonne is the second “most visited” destination…
Gems from Southern France (part 1): Bouzigues and Pezenas
France holds a lot of history for both of us. Ben was born in Paris and spent most of his childhood in France. We have been traveling here together for years, at least a dozen times, never tiring of it,…
Postcards from France ~ La Rochelle
Our meander through France has been so enjoyable that the idea of turning in the car in Toulouse to sit in an airport to wait for a short flight back to Paris, does not seem like such a good idea…
Postcards from France ~ Biarritz and Saint Jean de Luz
The thought of a road trip in France brings to my mind “Asterix”, the wildly successful comic strip, and specifically the one when Asterix and Obelix go on an epic tour of France to source quality gastronomic specialties for a…
Postcards from France ~ Brugairolles
14 years old, a French boy with no English, I was on the train, by myself, from Paris to Canterbury, England. My mission? To go and visit Barbara, the French/British girl I was enthralled with, who was away from Paris…
Postcards from France ~ Toulouse
We take a short flight from Paris to Toulouse, the center of European aerospace and HQ for Airbus industries. Toulouse is on the South West corner of France, a region that neither one of us has visited before. We have…
Postcards from France ~ Paris
Thanks to Ben’s work, we have an opportunity to be in Paris for a few days. Oh what a hardship! In Spring! In Sri Lanka there is no Spring of course, just eternal summer ~ with wet and dry seasons,…