Month: October 2014
London – Lunch with Peter & Julian
We have planned our next few days in London as time for catching up with friends and people we know. It was a cool day today and cloudy. It had rained overnight and by lunch time some drizzle had set in. It seemed to be a typical Autumn day with people wearing jackets and coats. […]
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The Gardens at Manoir d’Erignac
This was or last day in France. We had all day to get to the airport at Bordeaux from where our flight to London left at 7.30 pm. We thought that we could use some of the time by driving north to the town of Erignac to seem some rather beautiful gardens. They were large and […]
Read MoreDordogne River and Lot River Areas
Over the last few days, we have done quite a bit of exploring. We have already visited most of the popular places near Sarlat, so over the last two days we have extended our travels a little further to some more distant towns. The highlight of our day yesterday, was a visit to Rocomadour, which […]
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The Saturday Market in Sarlat
We awoke today to find the Saturday market in Sarlat in full swing. With the benefit of double glazed windows, we had not heard a thing, yet right below our window was a man selling flowers and across the road another man was selling paella that he was cooking in five enormous pans. We knew […]
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Old Towns and Chateaux
This morning we set out to explore a group of towns along the Dordogne River that are only 12 or 15 kms away from our hotel. It was a cold morning with the temperature sitting at only 5C when we left and it was quite foggy. Along the river, visibility was rather poor which was […]
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Sarlat La Caneda
We are staying in the remarkable town of Sarlat La Caneda, one of the larger centres in the Dordogne River area of France. I think this town holds the reputation of being one of the most intact medieval towns in all of France. It is superbly scenic with a maze of little streets, hidden squares […]
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The Back Streets of Lisbon
I must correct an observation that I made a few days ago when I said that Lisbon was not a pretty city. Yesterday’s tour showed us that it was just the opposite.We had booked on a small group tour of the city and with a couple of ‘no shows’ our expected party of eight was […]
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Sintra and its Monastical Palace
Just 30 kms from Lisbon is the picturesque, but very touristy town of Sintra. It was here that we visited the castle of the last kings of Portugal. The castle is on a rugged mountain top behind the town and was a converted monastery. The rooms are not palatial as in other great palaces of […]
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London to Lisbon
Our flight arrived in London a little late because we were delayed by air traffic control. Once we landed, we were soon out of the airport and into our overnight hotel just outside the airport perimeter. It was quite a relief after such a long flight to have a shower and change our clothes. Jet […]
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Cathy’s Move is Finished and We Are Away
Right now we are flying at 38,000 feet over southern India on our way to London. We are happy that Cathy and the girls are settled in their new house and we are taking a few weeks off. Before we left, we had, at Audrey’s invitation, joined in an open house party to celebrate Cathy […]
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A Day Off from Moving
It’s now just over 18 months since our daughter Cathy has been on her own with her two girls, but this week everything seemed to start to come together for her in a much more positive way. We are so happy for her and very proud of her ability to handle stress, difficulties and c. […]
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