This is a summer of travel for sure! We just returned from a 6 day trip, but it seems like a much longer one! Day 1: We started with a short drive to Avignon, to reunite with some American friends who were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. We spent a lovely day with them, visiting the Pont du Gard (a must-do here!), the Roman aquaduct (c.1 AD) that supplied water to our neighboring city of Nimes. After a light lunch in a village cafe, we headed to the ...

Buon giorno! Les & I have just returned from a lovely 4 days in Tuscany. But before leaving France, we took time to visit a small French town called Ceret, near the Spanish border. It's a lovely little town made famous first by Picasso, then other artists, as they summered & worked there. See our small album called "Ceret, France" for pictures. We even managed to buy 4 lovely prints to brighten up our walls. From there, we headed to Girona, Spain, to ...

Hi Everybody! We are back from Sicily, saturated with sunshine and ruins, olive oil and pasta. What a wonderful island it is. Here are some of the highlights. Our first stop was Agrigento, on the western coast, where we stayed in a lovely resort hotel, very near to the Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples). Agrigento was founded in 581 BC by Greek colonists from Gela (a bit farther south), who named it Akragas. The town was described as "the fairest city inha...