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Chateau de Chantilly
September 7, 2025 Today is a Castle Day! But first, dessert and coffee. There is not a town in France of any size without at least one Boulangerie. We didn’t go to every boulangerie we saw, but one per day isn’t too much, is it? Now for the castle. Chantilly is recommended for it’s art…
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Rest and Relaxation
September 6, 2025 Sometimes, you just have to slow down for a moment. Guess today was one of those times. Got up, ate, took a nap. Ted watched birds on the timeshare island. Mom painted. I don’t know what Aunt Charlotte did. After my nap, Ted and I went to the nearest village and bought…
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Prologue to France
How a simple request became a journey! Mom and I went to a Mary Kay Career Conference in March 2025. On the entire drive to the Bay Area, Mom kept reminencing about her former trips to France. She said, more than once, how much she would like to return to see the beautiful country and…
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Monet’s Garden in Giverny
September 5, 2026 Warning! This post will have LOTS of flower pictures. We were up for our normal routine and today we headed for Monet’s Garden. We avoid tolls as much as possible so we end up on country roads and in quaint villages. Today we went through Andyles. It has an old abandoned hospital,…
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Rouen
September 4, 2025 We seem to have a pattern going for our adventures. Getting 4 people from 3 different time zones ready to leave the timeshare takes most of the morning. We head out toward the destination for the day, arrive in time for lunch. Eat. Look at things, shop, and then head home. Today’s…
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Honfleur
September 3, 2025 Mom was very excited to return to a town she only had a glimpse of when in France previously. She kept calling it Haniford which sounds very much like an English town and not much like a French village. We decided she was remembering either Honfleur or Havre. Actual touring of France…
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Traveling/Getting Oriented in France
August 31, September 1, September 2 Travel Day to another country is a little intimidating. We were up at six to drive 2 hours to the airport in order to wait 3 hours to get on the plane for the first leg of the flight from Sacramento to Atlanta. The flight to Atlanta was uneventful.…
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Colombia Wrap-up
February 15, 2025 Ted was able to download some of his photos so they could be added to our travel blog. Cock of the Rock – at the lek in Jardin, Antioquia Blue-gray Tanager and Crimson-backed Tanager on feeder at Tinamu Reserve near Manizales
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Araucana: the lap of luxury
February 13-15, 2025 We decided our last stay in Colombia should be the top of the line. Araucana is it! The rooms are spacious, the staff is gracious, and everything is “just so”. I guess I’m not really a top of the line person. We had fun and it was nice to have amenities like…
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San Cipriano: A bonus adventure
February 10, 2025 Ted had one more bucket list bird to see while in Colombia: a toucan! Our hosts at La Florida made arrangements for us to hire Gilberto, a top guide in the area, to take us to San Cipriano. For a jungle trip. We met Gilberto at 4:30am for the 90 minute drive…
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