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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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,…
View PostAnd 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…
View PostLess Random, Ample Serendipity, More Cycling and Marketing near Bordeaux
While the cycling trip I described last post was “planned” in about two minutes, five minutes before it began, halfway through the day, our most recent Cycling-Marché combo drew on a plan that was simply…
View PostTravel Planning by M. Random et Mme. Serendipity
Last post was heavy on words, giving an example of one approach to organizing our days here in Bordeaux: three scheduled activities involving other people and demanding we engage in French, morning, afternoon, and evening.…
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