Monthly Archives: June 2016

So, what’s next? True to the name of this blog… here we go. So for those of you who don’t know, we’re kind of into our birds around this house. We do the heated bird bath for the Michigan winters … Continue reading →

A few days (Ok… almost a week) late but you know how it is, when you leave work for 2 weeks you come back a month behind. Ugh. The road home… For some reason I never remember how long the … Continue reading →

Day 12… Last full day. Over night the Mistral came down the Rhone valley and today the wind is blowing stiff and strong. It is cool and dry and actually feels pretty good considering it was nearly 90 degrees yesterday. … Continue reading →

Day 11… say it ain’t so! Tiny little cantaloupes for breakfast. And coffee… of course.  There is a Nespresso machine in the kitchen that has become our second best machine friend after Sean the GPS. The little Nespresso pods are way … Continue reading →

Day 10. Already!? You all know the program by now… leisurely breakfast coffee blah blah… Out the door at the crack of about 10:30. The Saint Paul Asylum is about 10 minutes from our house. Originally an Augustine Abbey, the … Continue reading →

Day 9 – settling in to Provence… Again, I am not the last one ready to leave the house. In fact, I am the first one ready to leave the house. I may not have been the first one up, … Continue reading →

Next we rest. Saturday was a rest and recover day. We hung out at the house, we had coffee and made some plans. We went to the grocery to stock up on a few essentials… cheese and salami, tomatoes and eggs, wine… … Continue reading →

Nope We get up fairly early to get on the road. We are headed for Saint Remy de Provence for the french segment of the trip. I take a quick walk while the others are eating breakfast to bid farewell … Continue reading →

Day 5 – Cremona and Lake Garda… As we leave the hotel we first head up the street to the piazza where there is quite the ceremony going on. Ah … June 2 that would be Festa della Repubblica, basically … Continue reading →

Day 4- Wednesday 6-1 Up early to get on the road for Cremona. Donna, Jack and Lynn have a last magnificent Jeanette breakfast… I have… you guessed it! CAFFE DOPPIO!! We start by staging the suitcases in the hallway at … Continue reading →