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 …
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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 …
This is Saturday — it must be Belgium(*)
This weekend we went to Belgium. We left “early” Friday morning – about 9:30 – and headed to Brugge. It was about a five-and-a-half-hour drive. For those who do not know, Belgium has two parts (here is brief primer on the divide). The southern part of the country is occupied by the Walloons. They call …
Into the Alps
We headed out Friday morning for a town called Chambéry. It is about 4 hours southeast of us and in the heart of the French Alps. For those of you who are fans of the Olympics, it is an hour north of Grenoble (1968) and an hour and a half west of Albertville (1992). Once …
A very Burgundy weekend
This was our first weekend in Clamecy. Like so many of our weekends we crammed it full of things to do and see. We started the weekend with a quiet Friday night. A light dinner and then we attempted to improve our French by watching Independence Day in French. News flash…It is a terrible movie …
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 …
Our last weekend in Paris
Thursday night we decided to go out to dinner. We were celebrating Sue’s brilliant (89%) score on her petit test - I have always known she is brilliant. (I hardly call a B+ brilliant, but considering that my French consisted of "je ne sais pas" and "pardon, no parle pas français," I am proud. Also, …
Dead Person Bingo – Part 2
It is 8 p.m. and we just walked in after a long, fun day of wandering. It is still very light outside and if we had the stamina, we could be out wandering for a few more hours before it gets dark. But we are old, so we ran out of gas. We were going …
Dead Person Bingo (plus Dali and Gaudi)
Today was our first day of wandering around the city. We were here last weekend, but we were still getting adjusted and settling in. Today, we were in full venture out and see things mode. On Friday night, the weather looked like rain all day and so we decided to postpone planning until Saturday morning …
Settling In
We have started to settle into our new place. We spent most of Thursday unpacking and getting set up. We met Sue’s friend Suzanne (the one from Burgundy) for lunch as she had come up to Paris for the day. We walked about 8km (5ish miles) from the apartment to the restaurant, ate lunch wandered …
Doing It On The Road 