Category: Travel

A Day of Rain in Avignon.

No one is perfect, and our picking yesterday for our day of rest and relaxation certainly proved the point. Especially since today turned out to be a day of forced rest and relaxation. In the early morning the rain came…

By robrose

Autumn Forest Sunset

The colors of Autumn in the forest at sunset. Made at the Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve in Illinois. Gaze at this for a while, and there is no way it cant make you smile. Photo: 'Autumn Forest Sunset' - Copyright 2021…

By fjcasella

Avignon, France - Rhone River Walk

September 22, 2022 Another gorgeous day in Provence. Today we walked past the Rampart Wall to the banks of the Rhone, strolling along its banks to Pont St. Benezet. Because we can spend so much time traveling, we do not…

By robrose

Sète, France to Avignon, France

September 21, 2022 Today we traveled by jam packed train from Sète to Avignon, a trip that took 1.5 hours. SNCF doing their usual, cancelled the train that was to be scheduled one hour behind the one we were going to…

By robrose

Sète, France - Day 3

September 20, 2022 Another gorgeous day on the Mediterranean coast. We just can't get over how the Mediterranean is, so today we ventured out on it, taking one of the tourist cruise boats.…

By robrose

Acceptance

Sunday in the park in Chicago is a lesson on acceptance. Here we see people out for a ‘walk’ on Segways, while others enjoy lunch in a tent at Lake Michigan, and cars move along on Lake Shore Drive. All in a stones…

By fjcasella

A Lazy Sunday in Sète, France

We are not the type of people that when they travel schedule every minute being tourists scurrying from one thing to another. Today we did as many others in Sète seem to do, walking along the the canals, visiting the…

By robrose

Port Cassifierasse to Sete

September 17, 2022 This morning we left our canal boat adventure behind and traveled to the town of Sete where we we spend a few days relaxing and doing some sightseeing. We have rented an apartment and the street it is…

By robrose

Canal du Midi - PK227 to Port Cassafieres

September 16, 2022 Our last day on the canal as we checkout tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. It was just a short trip to the Le Boat base at Port Cassafieres. We got there before noon and we able to dock at a good slip.…

By robrose

Canal du Midi - PK220 to PK227

September 15, 2022 A short distance in travel today as our time on the canal begins to wind down. We moored near a path down to the Mediterranean after lunch and some of the group walked or biked down to the shore. The…

By robrose

Canal du Midi - Colombiers to PK220

September 14, 2022 Intense rain during the night, one cabin had a leak. Several stops today, plus we passed through the famous Fonseranes 9 Locks, and tonight we moored alongside the canal several kilometers east of…

By robrose

Canal du Midi - Capestang to Colombiers

September 13, 2022 Short day today arrived at Colombiers about 1:30. Took 245 photos along the route, posting 38 of them. Highlight of the day was going through the long tunnel, then mooring and walking back through…

By robrose