Travels with Valerie

Seven months into my life without Ron, I am grateful for the random memories our condo offers. In the weeks leading up to my trip this past spring, I found that heartbreaking note from Ron and I carry it with me still. In the weeks leading up to this next trip, I found another note […]

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 […]