Another Quick Hello from Rome

Just enough to upload a photo or two and write a few words before breakfast knocks on the door, all warm croissants and strong dark coffee and thick white linen wrapping…. Last night, walking home…

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quick Hello from Rome!

Super busy here with family. Wonderful! Will tell you more later but I’m mostly collapsing into sleep when we get back to our hotel room (more on that later. I did a stellar job picking…

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Leaving Bordeaux, Assessing Travel Wardrobe

Last day here, which means that everything we’ve been wearing for the last month has somehow to squeeze back into our carry-ons. The Eagle Creek packing cubes we bought for this trip, at Sue’s recommendation,…

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Five Bordeaux Things Friday

I haven’t done one of these posts in a while, and they’re rather a good way of organizing the random. And it’s our last Friday here in Bordeaux. Let’s count. . . 1. They’ve just…

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And the Un-Planned, the Un-Planning, of Travel

I had imagined I’d find more time during our month in Bordeaux for writing longer, more thoughtful posts, essays almost, in which I worked to sort out some thinking around my transition into retirement, some…

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