When we were here two years ago, the first six weeks we had miserable weather: wet and cold almost the entire time. This trip, not so much. We’ve had a couple cloudy days, about two hours of light rain, and here’s this week’s forecast:
(Full post)When we were here a couple years ago, we walked the length of the Loing Canal from its start to past Nemours, doing couple-mile stretches as a time. Since we don’t have any canals nearby, this year we’re walking along the Seine, seeing what we can see and watching traffic on the river. It’s a very enjoyable way to see...
(Full post)Every June 21 - the Summer Solstice - Paris celebrates with an enormous music festival: the Fete de la Musique. Some years ago our late friend Barbara was in Paris on June 21, but she didn’t know ahead of time about the celebration. She told us ,”There was music everywhere in Paris.” and raved about the experience. Ever since, we’ve wanted to...
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