A Welcome Sunny Day in Paris
Bonjour, I understand it’s very, very hot in Huntsville, close to 100 degrees. So sorry! Yesterday in Paris was our best weather day since we arrived on May 16…77 degrees with some sun in the afternoon and early evening. The waters along the Seine have begun to recede slowly but the lingering effects remain. Consider […]
A Look Back at Budapest, the Jewel of the Danube
Bonjour mes Amis, It is Monday, June 6 in Paris and we are saying “Hello” to our friends, Jan Smith and Tony Porter. They have come right behind us from Budapest to spend a few days in Paris. It will be their fourth time to visit. But never before have they seen us in such […]
A Tour through Vienna
Bonjour, C’est dimanche à Paris…it’s Sunday in Paris and that means a quieter, slower day. Still hoping for some sunshine but it doesn’t look promising. The flooding Seine has been the topic of conversation and is having a profound, negative effect on the economy. The waters are receding but it will be days if not weeks before […]
More Photos of the Paris Flood
Bonjour, Newsflash: it was raining this morning. Ugh! Hopefully, soon we might see the sun, but I’m beginning to wonder. Here are more photos of the flood around L’Hotel de Ville and Notre Dame. I’ll caption each one so you can get a better feel of what’s going on. Both the Louvre and the d’Orsay […]
A Sad, Gray Paris
Dear friends, We are back in Paris after our river cruise on the Danube. The traffic yesterday from the airport, because of the closing of the expressway by the river, was chaotic and resulted in a very long and expensive cab ride. There has been a prix fix or fixed price fare from the airport but […]
Passau along the Danube
Bonjour mes amis, Still trying to catch up with some of our wonderful pictures. We are on our last day today in Budapest and finally were hit with rain showers this morning. It’s the first time weather has been anything but beautiful, so we cannot complain. Here’s a little tour of Passau, an old medieval […]
Catching up on our Danube river cruise
Bonjour, I am sitting in Vienna, Austria under blue skies and 73 degrees. Our weather on this cruise has been fabulous. But the frustration over our Wi-Fi has been maddening. I’ll try to catch up with some of our stops and photos, but I have long forgotten the individual itinerary to identify everything. Forgive me […]
From Alsace to Bavaria and the Danube
Bonjour, Wow, we’ve had a very busy few days! We enjoyed a quick day trip to Baume les Domes, home to Bernie’s other cousins, Jean-Paul and Marie Josée who are now in their golden years. As always, we had a special time and fantastic lunch with them and their daughter Muriel. Josée makes her own […]