Sept 11, 2012. Arrival in Avignon and a Drunken Evening Promenade
On the morning of Sept 11, we took the high speed train from Paris to Avignon in Provence. Not only was I…
Sept 10, 2012. Lured to the Louvre
September 10 was our last full day in Paris before we made our way to Provence. Elaine and I took advantage of the…
Sept 09, 2012. Chartres: A Desperate and Terrible Saga. Salvation at Notre Dame de Paris
September 8 marks the day we left Chateau Marcay, homestead of my ancester Rene de Bastarnay, to head off to see the famous…
Sept 08, 2012. Château de Villandry and Château d’Azay-le-Rideau, Indre-et-Loire, France
We began the morning eating a leisurely and tasty breakfast at Château de Marçay, then we got our butts on the bus to…
Sept 07, 2012. Angers and Finding my Remote Ancestor in Chinon, France
Before launching into blogging about Sept 07, I need to post something that was left out from the Sept 6th post. When we…
Sept 06, 2012. Afternoon visit in Saint-Malo and evening dinner in Dinard
After our visit to the incredible Mont Saint-Michel, the tour bus took us to the fortified city of Saint-Malo. That was also our…
Sept 06, 2012. Le Mont-Saint-Michel, Manche, France
September 6 was a good day. We only went to two locations during the day, which finally gave the group a chance to…
Sept 05, 2012, Basse-Normandie, France. Exploring The World War II Beaches of Normandy
After a relatively short bus ride from Bayeux, the Insight Tour took us to the Normandy beaches, namely Utah, Omaha and Juno. We…