Category Archives: France

Tramping

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

The weather recently has been cool, bright, and very windy – so much so that I’ve gone off for a tramp in the Lower Suwannee Wildlife Refuge nearly every afternoon.  The trees and undergrowth are good wind-breaks. There are so … Continue reading →

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Back from a Trip — a Retrospective Look

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

Two weeks into my stay in France I happened on this storefront – a travel agency in la Touraine. “Retour de Voyage” – Back from a Trip. An unusual name for a business that wants to entice people to travel, … Continue reading →

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Au revoir, Paris

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

I have added the lively 9th arrondissement, on the Right Bank, to my list of favorite places in Paris. I found a great restaurant that I like so much I went there twice on this trip; I spent time window-shopping … Continue reading →

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Gardens

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

I always save time during my last couple of days in Paris to visit my two favorite public gardens, both on the Left Bank: the jardin des Plantes (Botanical Garden), and the Luxembourg. A few photos, the first three of … Continue reading →

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Location, location, location

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

I’m staying in a small apartment on an old, narrow street that runs approximately at a right angle down to the Seine, with the Île St-Louis directly across the river. My building is about half-way down the block, the Seine … Continue reading →

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Parting glances

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

This is a grab-bag of thoughts, but mostly images, as I get ready to head home after 7 weeks in France. These involve my time in the provinces – before Paris. Vocabulary: my definition of a good waiter is one … Continue reading →

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Mlle Julie, Mlle Juliette (REVISED)

Posted on June 10, 2012 by

(I hit the wrong button initially and “published” this before I’d finished it; below is the intended complete post.) The Odéon Theatre is on the Left Bank; its back wall is directly across the street from one of the entrances … Continue reading →

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A Hard Rain’s a been a Fallin

Posted on June 10, 2012 by

The weather here changes several times a day, from dramatic grey clouds with sun-bursts, to clear sparkling blue skies, to rain. Sometimes hard rain. Women complain, “On ne sait jamais quoi porter.” (I never know what to wear!”) Café waiters … Continue reading →

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Paris pictures – Part 1

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

Two photos that I intended to include in Part 2 of this post, which technology – or my faulty understanding thereof – kept me from including there. – a speed-boat on the Seine yesterday afternoon, faster than the auto traffic … Continue reading →

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Paris pictures part 2

Posted on June 7, 2012 by

Rain yesterday. From the top floor of the Louvre, its Cour Carré: Inside the Louvre, one of the collections I concentrated on was the ancient Middle East. In about 713 BC, a Mesopotamian king, Sargon II, built a walled city … Continue reading →

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