Travels Abroad

First Impressions of Provence

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September 29, 2012 Bob & I are getting used to driving in France. Despite vague memories of the roundabouts and unique road signage from my trip in 1984 with my mother & sister, when we first drove the rental car yesterday (a VW Polo very similar to our VW Golf except stick shift which Bob […]

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First Impressions of Paris

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Friday, September 21, 2012. After landing an hour early at Charles DeGaulle Airport, we took the RER B to the Chatelet train station where we transferred to the Metro line 1 in the direction of Vincennes (east-west line). Emerging from the Metro at St. Paul station in Le Marais, I was overcome with joy upon

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