Wednesday June 5, 2019 We wake up to a beautiful day and Carol starts us out by making an amazing breakfast from our grocery excursion. Today we will learn about Lugdunum (Lyon) which was founded in 43 A.D. Lugdunum was a transportation hub for the administration of Roman Gaul and the Roman Emperors Claudius and […]
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Year: 2019
French Stair Stepper
Tuesday June 4, 2019 We enjoy another nice breakfast although a much earlier one than yesterday as our train to Lyon leaves at 0753. After breakfast, we check out and walk to the train station. Our train shows up on time so it looks like we will not be affected by the strike. Two hours […]
A Day at the Beach
Monday June 3, 2019 We love it when we can take it easy in the morning. Today is one of those days and to top it off, breakfast is included here. We are surprised by the nice spread put out by this IBIS hotel. There is cheese, meat, bread, croissants, pastries, and hard boiled eggs. […]
A French Lake
Sunday June 2, 2019 Our train this morning is pretty early so no cooked breakfast today. We walk the very quiet early Sunday Avignon morning to the train station. We have two regional trains today with a change in a place called Valence Ville. We are headed to the small town of Annecy. This town […]
Our Own French Meal
Saturday June 1, 2019 Avignon is getting us a bit used to sleeping in. Another nice breakfast by Carol and we are out the door earlier than yesterday at 0950. We were not planning on doing much but taking a morning walk. Instead, we end up doing the other two museums that are free. As […]
A Nice Evening Meal
Friday May 31, 2019 We decided to not do Arles. The train schedule changed from when we planned the day trip and the times now are not convenient for us. Instead we will do some of our planned activities of Saturday, today. The good thing is that we got to sleep in today,matching up on […]
Pope History Lesson
Thursday May 30, 2019 After a nice nights sleep, Carol makes us breakfast. It is really nice to have my personal breakfast lady traveling with me on this trip. We are going to start our day visiting the Palais des Papes (Palace of the Popes). We find our way through the interesting curvy streets of […]
Afternoon Train
Wednesday May 29, 2019 Today is kind of unusual for us as we have a train in the afternoon. Originally, we were going to spend three nights in Nice, but they are working on the tracks tomorrow and a bus train alternative was not easy so we had changed it to two nights. We did […]
Tiny Monaco
Tuesday May 28, 2019 Today we will visit our fourth country of the trip. It will just be for the day. We leave the guesthouse a little before 0800. We plan on catching either the 0825 or 0840 bus to Monaco. We make good time on our walk and the 0825 bus is waiting at […]
We are so Nice
Monday May 27, 2019 In the morning, we have another nice breakfast with Christophe before finishing our packing and heading out for our next train. We are heading to the French Riviera and the town of Nice. Isn’t that nice? It is a two hour and forty minute ride on a regional train. We have […]