Have we got some advice for you! If you like us and your curiosity outstrips your taste for shopping in massive crowds, try heading to the Grand Bazaar on a Monday morning. That's what we did and it worked out great (although we didn't buy anything). Well, we did buy one thing, but it was …
Author: Susan
Susan AKA Sue, AKA Aunt Susie: I am a former journalist and teacher at semi-loose ends who is still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. I am restless and determined. I love a challenge.
Things I like: photography, yoga, mountains, a great book, exploring, music.
Things I am not so keen on: standing still, gray days, coconut
A “working vacation”
I realized this week that we are acting as if we are on vacation, but we're also working full time. Well, mostly full time. What does that mean? We're tired! But we're not going to stop. If you remember, we were going to spend six weeks in Nice, but ended up coming to Istanbul for …
We’re bullish on Istanbul
We've been in Istanbul about 29 hours now (but who's counting) and we already decided we love it! It's quite a change from quiet Clamecy. It's 22:30 here and the street is still hopping, on Sunday night. Not as much as Saturday night, but there are still people milling around and browsing in shops. We …
Dijon and Strasbourg and home (oh my)
Steven has taken the past couple of Fridays off for travel. This week, we weren't leaving town until Saturday so we decided to take a day trip to Dijon, about 2 hours away. We didn't know anything about Dijon except that we could probably get mustard. It turns out that Dijon is a fairly big …
Belgium, part 2
Steven graciously ceded part of the weekend travel to me (because he was too tired to write about the whole thing — yes, I was too tired to write the rest, but I will certainly take the compliment), so I finally get to tell you about something more interesting than a trip to the grocery …
Forgive the reflective digression
On this erev Yom Kippur (for those who do not know, it is the Jewish Day of Atonement), I want to take a moment out of reveling in our travels to remind myself how lucky I am. Has the road always been easy? Of course not. Am I all the things I imagined I’d become. …
All up in Armes
We are staying in Clamecy, but we are here because of my dear high school friend, Suzanne. She does not live in Clamecy, but next door in Armes. We drove there a few times, but today we first walked (it is about 3 miles but it is up hill in the driving snow both ways!) …
Last hurrahs in Paris
Today we waved au revoir to Paris, but we do have some other” Paris adventures to catch you up on. We managed to squeeze out two more museums, a dead person bingo part 4 and dinner out. Plus, I finally had what I would consider a French meal, with my new friend Linn, who is …
Paris From On High
First I'd like to mention a personal achievement. You probably know that I have been "learning" French. Well. today I had a "mon petit test." I was very nervous, which is unusual for me. The test didn't really affect me in any way. I just hate failing! Soooo, it's over now and I can say …
Oo la la! l’espagnol est facile, le français est difficile or
… how I sort of had a conversation with my French teacher + the day's adventure Another week down. Oo la la! I think the subtitle of the Paris portion of the trip has to be "a baguette and a bottle of wine a day make for happy temporary Parisians." We are in this weird …
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Doing It On The Road 