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Obsession 27 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
[Warning: a few times during the year an Ocean post grows to be far longer than even the average long one. This may be one of those times. If you don't care for this level of detail, scroll through to...
Paris, continued 25 Aug 2013 | 09:49 pm
Waiting for Rain Paris weather is so unpredictable. It'll storm, it'll rain, no it wont, maybe it will, tonight, no - tomorrow... I hadn't packed an umbrella (because back then, "it wont" was pasted...
to Paris 24 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
All roads, for me, eventually lead to Paris. I remember my favorite yoga instructor telling us -- let's meet up in downdog... take a couple of deep breaths there and get your bearings. Paris is my dow...
Uzès, once again 24 Aug 2013 | 11:51 am
The bus passenger from Rouen (see yesterday's post) said it well when he commented -- you people in the south, you have this esprit de bonheur (spirit of joy, of well-being)! I agree. Even though, ar...
Uzès 22 Aug 2013 | 06:49 pm
If you read the NYTimes travel section, you probably will have noticed the article that appeared there just a couple of weeks ago on the Languedoc town of Uzès. The author described Uzès (and yes, you...
out and about 22 Aug 2013 | 06:48 pm
I'll start with the good. Breakfast, in the courtyard, artfully prepared. I wished Ed was across the table, helping me with the bread and cakes. Or, just there, reading something and saying, mindles...
Barcelona! 20 Aug 2013 | 08:03 pm
I'm glad I look like someone who isn't a complete imbecile with technology. Even though the truth lies somewhere south of that. I am in Park Güell, late, very late in the day. I come to the vast balc...
over the ocean 20 Aug 2013 | 02:05 am
Well, you could not ask for a more "fair weather" set of connections! And so, without fuss, after leaving a warm and delightfully summery Madison, I take off for Detroit and there, catch the Air Franc...
the journey 19 Aug 2013 | 12:23 am
When you ask someone how much they like getting to wherever they're going, opinions vary. Most come down on the negative side, at best tolerating the "hassles" of travel. Few really look forward to th...
peaked 18 Aug 2013 | 09:07 am
As we pause between tennis plays, Ed says to me (not for the first time) -- I can't believe you're leaving now, in the middle of harvest! He likes to tease me. He knows that people (many people) poke...
