Let’s look back at the 2012 Tour de France! After La Planche des Belles Filles, we drove a little way off the course to our hotel in Mulhouse, which is not far from the Swiss border. ..
Tour de France: One for the good guys
Posted by on November 19th, 2012 in france, photos, sports and travelTour de France: La Planche des Belles Filles
Posted by on August 20th, 2012 in europe, france, photos, sports and travelIn late May, we poured over maps of the stages of the Tour de France. This year, we said, we would travel to see the cyclists climb the real mountains that we’ve seen so many times on TV.
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Our April
Posted by on May 1st, 2012 in luxembourg, photos and travelWe went from this…
To this…
And then returned home to this…
Going native — for the moment
Posted by on August 4th, 2011 in consumer and travelWhen we moved to Dublin, just over four years ago, I had many coats. Unfortunately, all of them were far more appropriate to the temperatures and seasons of Chicagoland. ..
We <3 Zwolle
Posted by on May 9th, 2011 in europe, photos and travelAnita’s work frequently takes her to Zwolle, a city of about 120,000 in the western half of the Netherlands. Will tags along, as often as he can.
We like Zwolle, a lot.
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I speak French with a German accent, apparently
Posted by on February 18th, 2011 in french, germany, mental state and travelI had to travel to Morocco to get a straight answer. French adults don’t acknowledge my accent, bless their hearts. French children just say that I talk funny.
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Cruise Photos: Corfu / Kerkyra
Posted by on October 19th, 2010 in europe, photos and travelWe were promised sun in Luxembourg yesterday, but we got something more like early winter. So my thoughts turned to our cruise to the Greek Islands this spring.
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Cruise Day 3: Dubrovnik
Posted by on October 4th, 2010 in europe, photos and travelDay Three of our cruise (in May and June of this year) took us to Venice’s medieval rival: Ragusa. It is now known as Dubrovnik, Croatia — and it’s an UNESCO Heritage Site! ..
Cruise photos, at last!
Posted by on August 24th, 2010 in entertainment, europe, photos and travelYou may remember that, this May, we celebrated our long-term success with a cruise. Now, our short-term delay in posting our photos from that cruise has come to an end!
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German adventures, Day 3: Baden-Baden and tantrums
Posted by on July 7th, 2010 in europe, germany, photos and travelTechnically, we arrived in Baden-Baden at the end of a long day two. ..