After 3 wonderful weeks at our shared Chez Mirabel house in Provence, Martha and I drove to Toulouse where she linked up with a 10 day art workshop. And I then drove to northern Italy for 3 weeks of hiking in the Dolomites. The first two days were in Santa Maddalena (aka Santa Magdalena) in […]
Trip to Portugal & France
Martha and I scheduled 5 weeks at our shared Provencal house in October & November and we decided to tack on couple of weeks in Portugal beforehand. Some friends had raved about walking Portugal’s Rota Vicenta a year earlier, so we decided to follow in their footsteps (literally). I only took my pocket-sized Sony RX100 […]
Trip to Europe & East Africa
Martha and I, together with Bend friends Andy & Marcia, spent 5 weeks in Europe and East Africa this fall. We spent the first week at Chez Mirabel, our shared house in Provence, France. Then 4 days in Amsterdam, followed by two weeks on safari in Northern Tanzania. Lastly, we spent a week on Zanzibar, […]
Pictures from November Trip to France
I have published a couple of galleries of photos taken during last November’s house buying and renovation trip to Provence, France: France Gallery. Many of these photos were originally posted in the Chez Mirabel blog, but they were of pretty low quality since they were processed quickly on a computer with an inferior monitor/screen.
An Adventure in France
Well, it’s been awhile since Martha & I have had a travel adventure that we thought was worth sharing with you. But we’re now in the middle of a doozy — we bought a house in Provence a little over a month ago! But let me back up and start at the beginning… Last Spring […]