Oh, the places you used to go: Lille

A friend gave Mark the Dr. Seuss book Oh, The Places You’ll Go during a time of great uncertainty in … More

The very Roman town of Nîmes, France

We don’t generally think of France as being Roman, Italy of course has that claim wrapped up. But France was … More

Road trip: Sommières, Uzès

But first, a shopping trip adventure! We went to an international grocery store that is in the next town over … More

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Note to self: an experiment

I’m going to start writing more frequently, on a schedule (-ish). To see if I can write without being first … More

Road Trip: The Camargue

Pop the champagne! Mark has passed the practical portion of the French driver’s test ! After far, far too long … More

Like riding a bicycle, or getting back on the horse

It has been a long and tortuous road getting French driver’s licenses.  In an absolutely unfair twist of fate, I … More

Sète, or putting the risk back in travel

I’ve sat down to write a couple of times lately, but what is there to say?  Nearly the only thing … More

Let’s go to Metz! Or, we’re all armchair travelers now lo

I think we all need a break from The Thing That Broke the World.*  Join me, won’t you?  Stick your … More

Because the news is so awful, here is a picture of a man walking his pet sheep

I’ll get to that, but before we get there, here’s how we got here.  In our last episode, we were … More

Zaragosa, Vitoria-Gasteiz, and winding our way back home

At long last we are making our way back north to Paris after a month in Seville and three months … More