The Faucher family ultimately traces its paternal roots back to the Romanesque town of Nîmes in Provence.  My brother and father spent the next…

After spending the day exploring the Papal Palace in Avignon, Elaine and took a taxi back to the Place de L’Horloge in old…

Does unlimited power and wealth make up for celibacy?  It does if you are the Pope.  No wonder they are so old when…

On the morning of Sept 11, we took the high speed train from Paris to Avignon in Provence.   Not only was I…

September 10 was our last full day in Paris before we made our way to Provence.  Elaine and I took advantage of the…

September 8 marks the day we left Chateau Marcay, homestead of my ancester Rene de Bastarnay, to head off to see the famous…

We began the morning eating a leisurely and tasty breakfast at Château de Marçay, then we got our butts on the bus to…

Before launching into blogging about Sept 07, I need to post something that was left out from the Sept 6th post.  When we…