October 7, 2022 Aix-en-Provence, France We’ve got a lot of plans for today. Still full from yesterday’s dinner, we walked a few steps from our hotel to Le Cours Mirabeau for a classic moment, sitting at an outdoor table at a cafe, positioned to watch the passersby. We had tea. Gary is so French.…
October 6 Aix-en-Provence, France And we are back. If it’s morning and we are in Aix-en-Provence, you will find us at Instant V. Today we are trying some different treats, a chocolate chip muffin for me and a cinnamon snail for Gary. It’s vacation! A floating mannequin outside one of the boutiques adds…
October 5, 2022 Aix-en-Provence, France Bonjour! We had a comfortable night’s sleep, our first night in Aix. Josée sent a text early in the morning saying we would go to La Plage Dorée, the golden beach, instead of Porquerolles. It was closer, about an hour drive away. We would picnic there on the beach.…
October 4, 2022 Nice and Aix-en-Provence, France It was a short but full time here in Nice and we would be leaving on the 11:53am TGV to Aix-en-Provence. We’d arrive in Aix after 2:30pm. This schedule worked brilliantly allowing us a luxurious morning in Nice and then a satisfying afternoon and evening in Aix-en-Provence.…
October 3, 2022 Nice, France We had big plans today. Our friends Mehmouna and Guy, who live in Nice, offered to take us on a drive, to see the sights, all the way to Menton, France and back. We were to meet at 10:45am at the Place Jacques Toja. While we waited, we learned…
October 2, 2022 Rapallo, Italy and Nice, France Our train was leaving Rapallo at 7:33am. After eight days, we were ready for our next destination and adventure in Nice. I made our last cups of tea in our beautiful room overlooking the sea. I don’t like wasting food and ate the remaining two melted…
October 1 Rapallo, Italy Gary’s feeling better but still not quite his best. We were supposed to take a trip to Lavagna today with his cousin Vittorio. Vittorio lives and works there and he wanted to show us his ‘hood. Gary was disappointed not to go but thought it best to lay low for…
September 29, 30 Rapallo, Italy It’s rare that Gary is under the weather. Today he woke up feeling “blech” and said he’d like to stay inside our room which had a beautiful view overlooking the Ligurian Sea. I ventured out on my own. I started by ordering more tea at the front desk, which was…
September 28 Rapallo, Italy It’s a good day to relax. We got up late. I ordered some hot tea to have in the room. We got up to go for a stroll. I needed some kind of skin moisturizer. Not an easy thing to find in this small, Italian town. We stopped by La…
