Dennis' brain from the inside.
Day 31-37 Gee, where to start? I have been reading and eating instead of writing and will have to summarize the past several days. We spent our last day in Avignon going to a very cool English language book store where I purchased a book on Napoleon and Carol found something interesting also. Then we …
Day 30 Today's plan is to travel to Marseilles. France's second largest city and oldest, it is most commonly called gritty in the travel media. It's port has been used by entrepreneurs, pirates, and smugglers for centuries and continues to this day. We had booked our train the day before to make it as simple …
Day 29 Sunday found us taking a Van Gogh tour. There were seven of us plus the driver/guide Nicolas touring in a Mercedes van. We made the one hour journey to Arles where Van Gogh lived for a year and was highly productive producing many pieces on canvas and drawings on paper. This is where …
Day 28 The plan to begin the day was to arise after 10. Then lounge on the terrace while sipping on our steamed coffees from the Delonghi Dedica, chewing on toast with one of the many choices of home-made toppings, and feed each other cherries. Well, that was my plan. Carol's plan was to 'get …
Day 27 After giving Avignon the once-over yesterday, checking out many historic sights and stopping at a few restaurants and very cool cafes and bars, it was time to stretch our legs out of town. Friday had us on the bus for a 45 minute ride to L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue which is enclosed by the river Sorgue …
Day 26 Carol and I were settling into our new place. We were laying out our clothes, shoes, bathroom items, and plugging in our devices... Hey! Where are the boys? Wilma and Julie were hanging by the bedside table checkin' out the latest videos from Tech Guru but the boys were nowhere to be found. …
Day 25 In the beginning... Dennis created an itinerary, and it was good. And God saw the itinerary and said 'Well done good and faithful servant' and blessed their first 24 days. (My apologies for the mashup from the Good Book). So far no stumbles, nothing lost, broken, or stolen; no stitches required, a few …
Day 24 part deux Okay, this is a pivotal moment in my life. I freak out when I see my shadow for crying out loud! A marine cut would be an upgrade. What did I say that the stylist would think that 'this guy wants the worst haircut in his 66 years of life on …
Day 24 This is our last full day in Montpellier and we've seen most of what we wanted to see so it will be an even more leisurely day than normal. There's time to tidy up loose ends like go to the bank and get my hair cut. I always enjoy getting my mane trimmed …
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Day 23 It was a slow sleep night so my mind was all over the place. There was the dream where I was working in an office at a large factory and I was having a bath and a Swedish school tour group walks in. Then there's the more common one where you're trying to …
Day 20 I was torn on what to write. I have been doing a lot of existential thinking these past couple of days and how travel is changing my world view. It was really starting to make sense and I felt I could condense my thoughts and make it readable and relatable. I was also …
Day 14 part 2 To take advantage of free museum weekend we started nearby at the Centre del Carmen which features artifacts and art from the 20th century. It's housed in a 13th century convent which has been preserved and offers a vegetation-laden courtyard surrounded by three stories of large display areas. While there were …
It's been said that a can of Coke has the same number of calories as a bottle of beer, or a glass of wine, albeit with a shitload more sugar. Also a bottle of wine contains 4.3 glasses (6 ounces). So calorically-speaking we have consumed 42 cans of Coke each since we arrived in Spain …
Day 14 Fred and I decided to do a little site seeing on our own this morning before I stopped at our latest coffee spot. Fred has really warmed up to his new Spanish SIM card. Gone are the old days of laying on our counter back in Castlegar inhaling beside a glass of scotch …
Day 11-13 We've arrived in Valencia. Airport to city center by metro was seamless and our host's directions got us to our destination with minimum fuss. We will be sharing the flat of two 30-something architects who have recently completely a renovation of the premises. It's very nice with many tasteful touches which no doubt …
I was just waking from my afternoon siesta (hey, when in Spain) and was thinking of some of the people who follow my blog and my youngest sibling came to mind. She, being of the female persuasion, is 10 years my junior. I at an exaggerated 5'6" (165cm) am the Eiffel tower of the family …
As we were loading up for our latest move I looked around me and double-checked my mental list. Small denomination Euros, check, credit card tucked away in my special place (Let's not get silly here people), check, sunglasses, check, Fred, check. Then I look up at Carol and she's thrusting the money belt towards me. …
Our last morning in Sevilla included our ritual coffee from the lovely Sarah at the coffee shop down the street. Carol spent an hour and half packing as we were using Ryanair to fly to Valencia and they have strict rules ie: penalties if you don't fit their mold. Carry-ons have to be 10kg or …
Day 7-10 part 2 I have to admit the first stop in Madrid left a funny taste in my mouth, and it wasn't because Carol stuffed a sock in it to quiet my snoring. We were undoubtedly jet-lagged supremely but still it lacked the mucho gusto that I had anticipated for 7.2 months. It came …
Day 7-10 We had a near-death experience last night when we returned to our condo. It looked fatal initially but with sweaty palms, I, with Carol's calm demeanor backing me up, was able to save the victim. She had been laying face down for hours and we assumed everything was normal as that is her …
I was sitting on a bench on a hot and sunny day around noon outside a ceramics shop in Sevilla while Carol was inside looking for new decor items for our kitchen. He was 25 feet away standing beside his parent's car as they were loading up the trunk with new purchases. He was in …
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