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April 27 Portree
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Dunvegan Castle, Neist Point Lighthouse, Sea Breezes retaurant Though David is chomping at the bit to do some serious hiking up, down, and around the isle’s natural wonders, the morning’s weather and David’s better planner, known as Cynthia, have other… Continue reading
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April 26 Portree
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Eileen Donan Castle, Portree After another splendid home-cooked breakfast of steel-cut oats soaked overnight in milk for her porridge, Cynthia and Dawn discuss the Scottish National Party’s drive for independence from Britain to remain part of the EU. Dawn has… Continue reading
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October 12 London
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This trip to Hampton Court went smoothly. We knew exactly how to navigate train to bus and the location of the entrance. The palace was generally very busy and full of school groups. The older groups had entertaining private guides… Continue reading
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September 24 Grignon, Provence
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This was our first rainy day. We decided to go to Grignon on the advice of Virgil in the hotel. It was in none of our guidebooks but it has a chateaux which seemed like a indoor activity for a… Continue reading
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September 15 Arles & D’Arnajon
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Arles is full of Roman history so we planned a day trip to just see the one town. Marc and Franc invited us for dinner at their place after. Leaving the house a little later than planned we had an… Continue reading
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September 10 Aix-En-Provence
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Our first full day in Aix happened to also be a Saturday – the largest market day of the week. Of course we were there. Bought fruits and veg for the house and just took in the beauty of the… Continue reading
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September 10, Aix market day and dinner with Bernadette at D’Aranjon
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Saturday morning is the largest of the Aix markets so we had to go. We bought mushrooms, figs, lettuce, cucumber – things to eat. We also bought soap for the bath here at the house since we prefer bars over… Continue reading
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September 7, La Roque-Gageac / The Dordogne
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We planned to visit Chateaux Chenonceau on the way out of town. Rick Steves said to arrive by opening at 9:00 so we planned to leave at 9 since it is off season. But, as is our way we left… Continue reading
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September 6 Amboise – last day
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Liliane invited us to dinner at her house in Les Montils. Both Chambord and Cheverney are closer to her than us in Amboise so we decided to go to the castles in the afternoon and then to her house. Since… Continue reading
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Amboise September 5
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Touring Amboise today. And, lunch with Liliane and Richard! Driving into town we came across a parking lot that had spaces. So, we grabbed one. Then we needed to figure out how to pay. Here is the sign on the… Continue reading
Two Tramps 