Travels with Valerie

I think it’s testament to how much I love Arles that I spent the first two nights here in that terrible Room 31 and was still supremely happy. But during night two I noticed that – as I shifted and turned in a normal and ordinary sleeping fashion – the sheets would feel wet in […]

We’re in Arles now, where I have been assigned a room with one of my least favorite bathrooms ever. Should anyone want to speak with me while I’m…busy…feel free to knock on my street-accessible window as I am merely inches from you! Photo credit to Tammy, who will take fun photos like this one below, […]

Although I am with a new Road Scholar group – currently spending a week in beautiful Aix-en-Provence – I feel it’s equally important to update you about housekeeping/hygiene/laundry/grieving at the 35-day mark on this trip. So we’ll start there. First – above is the bathroom at a small cafe, presenting the single-best tweezing opportunity of […]

It’s hard to know where to start but I’ll go with the eye emergency room so you don’t all freak out. I am okay – life with an autoimmune issue means that stuff comes up and I try to be prepared. But last night, an eye issue that’s been bugging me the past few weeks […]