Off to Hawaii.......

Off to Hawaii in the early morning.
You can see what fills my suitcase......only art supplies!

The ancient town of Les Baux, France

We left our gyspy wagon and headed for the ancient town of Les Baux.  

Built on a mountain top, Les Baux is ancestral family home of Grimaldi family of Monaco.

It dates back to the 12th century, with streets still intact and now shops where houses used to be.   I so wish we had been there for the show of equestrian falconry.  Can't you just imagine!

Traveling the backroads of France!

Bon jour!!

I just returned from a 3 week trip to the French countryside, with the final 4 days spent in Paris. Oh my!! I LOVE France!!

I was quite intimidated in preparing for this trip, since I didn't speak the lanuage and I had heard that the French people could be cold and aloof. And you know, the French are so stylish and so...."French!"

I embarked on this journey with a girl friend, who thankfully did speak a bit of French...but more than that, I watched her offer her smile and her eagerness to learn their lanuage and each time I saw the French woman, man or child beam with their own eagerness to teach her and to share their county.
I stood by her side beaming my own smile and shyly offering a "merci" "bon jour" or "bon sou" and even those few words gained me acceptance.

The countryside is beautiful! We began our stay in a small medieval town in the south of France called Durfort. It is about an hour south of Toulouse. It was....and still is a village where they make copper.
Charming house line the curving streets, with a small waterway traveling down the middle of road, which was used as part of the copper making process.

More to come soon....with lots of photos!

Merci!

Traveling with Dogs

I don't travel much with the dogs (no shows, hunt locally, etc.) but it occurs to me that a list of hotel chains that normally take pets (albeit with a surcharge if the dog is let into the rooms) might be of some use to some people.

• Red Roof Inn
• Ramada
• Best Western
• Days Inn
• Holiday Inn
• Super 8 Motel
• Comfort Inn
• Residence Inn
• Howard Johnson
• La Quinta Inn
• Econo Lodge
• Westin Hotels
• Sleep Inn
• Travelodge

A surprising number of top-end hotels will also take dogs. Hiltons generally do, for example, but there is often a weight restriction (i.e. no dog over 15 pounds, or 25 pounds or 50 pounds). Restrictions and surcharges vary from hotel to hotel.

For more information on hotel options, by state, and with restrictions detailed see >> http://www.1clickpethotels.com/

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