Category: Travel
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Yesterday’s red sky at night was a snare and a delusion; could hear the rain drumming on the roof overnight and it greeted us when we rose to start the day. There are a number of villages perchés, old medieval towns built on the heights of the highlands in the region that we have been…
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Monday was an “offal” day, both dining and weather. Rain once again but we decided to drive to Lourmarin for lunch, wander and explore. We went back to the little brasserie where we had lunched on Friday and since we were returning to La Cloiserie in Ansouis for dinner we did not want a three…
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Saturday morning dawned grey, fog-shrouded and cold, continuous, unremitting and relentless rain.A slight digression here; in the last couple of months we have become great fans of the Nespresso coffee system. Small counter-top footprint, very easy to use and really good coffee. Our little house here has a machine and our hosts had generously left…
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Beginning a new format for the blog today. Virginia has not had an opportunity to add her share of insights and observations to my jottings so, from today we will be adding some “She said” sections so that all points of view can be represented….
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Yesterday was, for the most part, cloudy, overcast and periodically threatening but today dawned hot, bright and sunny.We had originally planned to spend the day in Aix but the weather was so charming that we decided on a drive to Cassis for lunch. My only previous knowledge of Cassis was as the critical ingredient in…
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Today is our first full day in Les Roux, a very small hamlet of 59 inhabitants located between Peypin-d’Aigues and La Motte-d’Aigues two slightly larger villages about 30k from Aix-en-Provence.Red-eye flight from Toronto to Paris, a 2 hour wait at the CDG TGV station at the airport, a 3.5 hour train ride and, after picking…
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Off at 9 this morning. Cold and early-morning fog lingering; we all wrapped well but still a brisk chill in the air. First stop Zinacantán. Clothing and design so different here as compared to yesterday that it’s hard to imagine that the groups have ever met each other, and unlike yesterday’s market, which straggled along…
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Breakfasted and Chip Morris came by at 10 to start our day’s exploration of Mayan Indian villages. Had awakened early with a dreadful sore throat and all the signs of a wicked cold coming on so was hoping not to crash during the day while we were miles from home. We took a taxi to…
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Really enjoying Casa Felipe Flores. Great breakfast at the B&B and then off to meet Chip Morris, the Mayan textile expert with whom we are going to spend tomorrow and Sunday in some outlying Mayan Indian villages. Wanted to get a chance to meet him before we set out tomorrow so that we can get…
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After fighting with phone systems to connect with various credit card companies to report my lost cards, we set out. San Cristobal is a charming, relatively small (pop. about 150,000), colonial city. As an outsider one of its virtues is that it is not the easiest place to access since it requires a flight from…
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