The wierdest thing....when I checked my passport stamp after entering France - I found last years stamp.....same date, one year later. Last year I came to Paris on a very long routing....Hong Kong to Bangkok to Amman Jordon to Paris.....on May 26, 2010.This year - Buenos Aires to Paris then on to Amsterdam and then to Madrid......May 26, 2011......weird.....next May 26????

I write this as I fly over the Atlantic Ocean on my way back to Toronto. The Air Transit flight was delayed by more than two hours. This delay initially made me very cranky as I am really tired from the crazy schedule of the last couple of months. Yesterday I was in Amsterdam, the day before in Istanbul and this flight started in Paris. Too many late nights and early mornings recently. In between all those cities are the transport issues – the metro, ...

Arrived back in Tours with Clem to learn that Andrea had booked us a 5 day trip to Istanbul - leaving on Sunday. This news was met with mixed emotions as I was really enjoying my time in France with Clem et al but also was excited to be able to see Istanbul and perhaps get a chance to finally warm up. The weather in Europe - both in France and in Portugal has been brutally cold and I have been freezing since arriving. My body prefers heat. This news meant that...

So, back onto the plane - no time to even grab a Turkish delight nougat and off to Paris - 5.5 more hours in the air. We landed at Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris around 11 am their time and the plan was: I was to find the train station and take the high speed train for 2 hours to the small town of St Pierre de Corps - about 250 km south of Paris. There, my friend Clem would be waiting on the platform to take my tired carcass home for a rest. I met Clem an...