I know, I know. The photo above does not scream "Thailand". (Well, it doesn't scream "Italy" either. Maybe it yells "empty film …
Sign, Sign, Everywhere A Sign…
When driving in England (on the 'wrong' side of the road), it pays to be alert, lest a lumbering beast (or dragon) suddenly trots …
Time Travel
Where has the time gone? I don't know about you (however, if you leave comments I WILL know about you), but I spent considerable …
Arles. Aaarghh! (revised)
(Sorry about all the sideways pictures on the first iteration of this post. I have to stop drinking.) The bittersweet last …
Avignon…and on…
The penultimate stop on our cruise was the city of Avignon - home of the "Multi-Pope Experience". (Surely you all remember when …
Viviers and Truffle Snuffling
We've sailed on to the port of Viviers (not so much 'port' as 'boat ramp'), another picturesque medieval village in the Rhone …
Ex-cursion
Indulge me in a bit of time-travel. On Day 2 of our enforced stay in Lyon, while most passengers were being bussed 4 hours to …
Chocolate!
Day One of the Real Cruise. We docked at Tain-L'Hermitage and Tournon, two towns spanning the Rhone River, both known for their …
Lyon, City of Lights
Competition between cities seems to exist in every country, every culture. Lyon, which can really stand on its own as a center of …
Lying Around Lyon
Laying... Lying... You figure it out. We ended up staying two days in Lyon due to the high water on the Soane River. And just in …