...Hit the open road, there is magic at our fingers. The It'll Do is loaded and ready to roll! Destination: Pagosa Springs. It was a nice cloudy day of driving. Some intense rain for awhile, but mostly okay. The kids and I are so excited to be on the road. Kate did a time lapse …
A few trains and a few wrong trains…and Iceland!
We are off to Reykjavik, Iceland for a day. Riding the trains in Paris without our friends proved to be a bit more difficult than we imagined. We made it to the airport in time (barely) and had an uneventful 3 1/2 flight to Reykjavik. It is cold. Cold and windy! We have 24 hours …
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Paris again!
After wonderful cafe au lait and croissants (duh), we walked a bit of the city. We really hadn't had much desire to spend a lot of time in Paris, but boy am I happy we spent more time than planned. It is vibrant, alive and beautiful. We met up with our new friends and security …
Paris!!!
After the stinkiest, longest night we finally made it to Paris where we were greeted by a man in dreadlocks wearing a jock strap around his face yelling 'Illary 'Illary Clinton! 'Illary 'Illary Clinton. We laughed our asses off. We found a luxurious Mercedes taxi to take us to our first luxurious lodging of the …
Decisions, decisions.
The time has come to move on. 😥 We decided to take a train to Milan and an overnight train to Paris. We totally scored on the Milan idea and totally failed on the midnight train to Paris idea. We didn't know what to expect of Milan. We had no idea we might go there. …
Rapallo
I will just say again how much I love this town. Sometimes you connect with a place for some unknown reason. I have connected. We ditched the idea of Cinque Terre. I badly wanted to see these villages but after the Portofino trip, we decided just so stay and experience Rapallo. I am not a …
Food
Let's talk about food. I had planned to eat my way through France and Italy. Turns out, I drank my way through France and am eating my way through Italy. In France, I actually loved the way we ate. We would pick up a baguette, cheese, mustard, jabon (ham), strawberries, croissants, salami, etc. it was …
A car, a train, a train and a train.
Travel day! We went to Nice (very big, kinda dirty and not my cup of tea), dropped off our trusty Renault (Clio was her name), and hopped a train along the rest of the French Riviera. Through Monte Carlo and into Italy. Again, this decision was on the fly like all others along this trip. …
The French Riviera
We spent another night in Bandol, on the harbor drinking wine and watching people. Our wonderful host Frederic showed up the next morning and we hastily packed and drove further down the coast to Ste. Maxime. A cute, bustling town, but its appeal is a boat ride to St. Tropez. Why not?? Honestly, St. Tropez …
Movin’ on down the road
Another chilly day in Chateauneuf-Du-Pape. We had another fine breakfast with our host Brigitte. She is wonderful and amazing. She comes from a wine family in the village. We learned so much more about the wine here and the history behind it. No wonder it is some of the best wine in the world. But …
Cmoore wandering 