Less down-time this trip, which is considerably less “Slow” than I prefer, especially because of the complications of the train strike. Our bus travel to Lyon from Paris went well enough, but took much more…
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So, let’s start with the bad news, and get that out of the way. . . Yes, against our faint hopes, our train tomorrow has been cancelled due to the SNCF work action. Luckily, we’d…
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We’re happily settled in our familiar hotel in Paris (such a warm welcome — the front desk clerk came out to give me a big hug! — made us up a tisane and then asked…
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Honestly, the weather we’re having now makes it hard to believe that two weeks ago, I wore a jacket (Smythe, almost 8 years old) over that upcycled old cashmere V-neck, jeans, and the favourite loafers…
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First of all, because this is such a busy pre-travel week for me, I’m going to spread this thinking out into three posts — and the last one is likely to be delayed a bit…
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