It’s time for us to head home. We spent two of our Antibes days touring with Ingrid, owner of Best French Riviera Tours. With Ingrid, we were able to cover St. Paul de Vence, Eze, and Menton in France and we were even able to cross the border into Italy to see Bordighera and Dolceaqua. […]
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Antibes: A fine place for art and laundry
We’re here in the gorgeous town of Antibes now and so I want to talk to you about laundry. Our little apartment has a laundry room with a sign that says we can only use the washer and dryer between 10 and 7 pm, which seemed reasonable until I started doing the actual laundry. I […]
French Tour Guides: Do not let Sam be in charge of your dog
Above is the initial encounter between Sam and Tom’s dog, Skip. Look at that body language – smart assessment, Skip! I have to give that dog bonus points for correctly gauging Sam’s ulterior motives and trying to get some distance from Sam. Below is poor Skip – just a few hours later, looking gravely concerned […]
My travel highlights: Paris, Rome, Venice, Albi and a French rest stop
We’ve moved ourselves over to Toulouse for the final nights of our tour. We’re all checked into our hotel but it’s dark out so I have nothing to report. But I want to talk to you about a little city called Albi, population 45,000. Albi is where Tom, our Road Scholar guide, lives. Because Tom […]
Travels with Valerie 