Category: Travel
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Smaller Museums in Paris
Our trip to Paris with our daughter in 2018 included many of the most famous sites, including Notre Dame, The Concierge, Sainte-Chapelle, the Arc de Triomphe, Musée de l’Orangerie, the Louvre, Versailles, the Eiffel Tower, Musée d’Orsay, and Musée Rodin. G is not a huge fan of museums; I went by myself to those last…
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Eating My Way Through Paris
Those who have been reading my blog for a while will know I love my food. When I travel, eating takes a high priority. I like trying local specialties, enjoying special meals and eating well. I usually book at least some restaurants in advance and have a little list of things I want to try.…
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A Day Trip to Monet’s Garden
While in Paris I did a day trip to Monet’s Garden in Giverny by train. I waited to see what the weather was going to be like before making the final decision to go on Monday. I booked the tickets to Monet’s Garden online and used the SNCF app to book train tickets. I caught…
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Cool Bloggers Walking Club – October 2024
In October Elisabeth hosted the second Cool Blogger’s Walking Club of the year. April’s walking club did not go well for me—it turns out I had a stress fracture in my foot. I still haven’t finished my neighbourhood A-Z photography project either, but maybe I’ll finish that this month. This time around, I managed the…
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A Week in Paris
Previously, I’ve done a day-by-day holiday recap of my trips, but I thought this time I’d do an overview post and follow up with a couple of themed posts. This is my third trip to Paris. My first was just a few days as part of a whirlwind tour of Europe with my parents when…
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I’m Back, NaBloPoMo … and a Few Other Good Things
I arrived home 1:30 am Thursday morning last week, after almost a month away in France and Spain. My email had almost 1000 unread emails, our finance manager went on holiday just before I returned, so I’ve taken over some of her work as well as having my own to catch up on, I wanted…
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France 2018: Paris Part 3
WEDNESDAY 11TH APRIL After our usual breakfast of French pastries, we headed across the river for a stroll down Rue de Montorgueill. This is the cutest little street. We popped into Stohrer, the oldest bakery in Paris. I had to try the Rum Baba, and it was delicious. We bought our pastries and then found…
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France 2018: Paris, Day Trip to The Somme
MONDAY 9th APRIL The plan today was to catch the fast train to Amiens to meet a tour guide for a tour of the Somme battlefields. This was a request from G, and we decided to do it the day after the marathon because it would not require too much walking. Unfortunately, our train was…
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France 2018 – Provence to Paris
FRIDAY 6th APRIL Today was a travel day. We were heading to Paris, but first, we had to get our last taste of picturesque Provence. Our first stop was the market in Carpentras. Since we were heading on the train in the afternoon, this was just a visit to browse and experience rather than buy.…
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France 2018 – Beaumes-de-Venise
WEDNESDAY 4th April This morning, we packed up and left the wild Camargue for Beaumes-de-Venise, a small town northeast of Avignon, at the base of the Dentelles de Montmirail. First, though, I needed to get my Roman ruin fix. We drove about an hour north to Pont du Gard. Built to allow the Nîmes aqueduct to…