Since spending our last 10 summers in southern France, Les & I have been immersed in the Roman world. It's all around us, especially here in Villevieille. We can walk to an archeologically reconstructed Roman house ruin in 7 minutes. Our house, & the houses around us, are built in a basic Roman style, but without the atrium. Within 25 miles, in Roman Nîmes, the City of Emperor Augustus (27 BC-14 AD), we can enter the arena (c 100 AD), or go to a mus...

Overcoming Obstacles…A wonderful week in Paros, Greece 6-29-22, Les & I flew from Montpellier to Paris, & just as we were waiting to board our flight to Athens, we noticed that our third flight, to Paros Island, was due to leave before we would arrive. Without notifying us, Air France had delayed the boarding time just enough to make it impossible for us to make that flight! We crossed our fingers, & boarded the 3 hour flight to Athens. Arriv...