France / Travel
on October 1, 2006 at 7:32 am ×
OWTK joins the millions of folks worldwide in showing our love and support to all women who have fought and those who continue to fight this terrible disease. To mark the start of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we have created and launched two new designs centered around a Pink […]
France / Travel
on September 30, 2006 at 2:49 pm ×
Our time in Provence has come to an end. We saw lot of the area and did so without running ourselves completely ragged. The past couple days saw us in Les Baux de Provence and Avignon again. We tried to keep the driving to a minimum and did not want […]
France / Travel
on September 29, 2006 at 10:03 am ×
Minutes after our time in Roussillon came to an end and we got back in the car, our daughter fell fast asleep. I quickly put a Charlie Parker disc in the cd player, rolled down the window, and drove through the Luberon Mountains – cruising through the hillside/top towns of […]
France / Travel
on September 29, 2006 at 9:45 am ×
A view from the road, on the way to Roussillon. Nothing makes me think of Provence more than a little stone house or shed in the middle of a field (of lavender, sunflowers, or in this case, grapes). My dream view. Oh, to wake up and take breakfast out to […]
France / Travel
on September 28, 2006 at 5:03 pm ×
On Wednesday we visited Aix-en-Provence, the home of Cezanne, for a few hours. This city intimidated the heck out of me last time we toured Provence and I never did get to see it (from the inside). Then, I was only 2 days into my first stick shift experience and […]
France / Travel
on September 28, 2006 at 4:10 pm ×
We found our French Provencal house on VRBO then worked directly with the owner, via email and his website, to secure a reservation. There are downsides to such accomodation, however. Many vacation homes will not employ a housekeeping staff, meaning the chores of homelife will travel with you. You will […]
France / Travel
on September 28, 2006 at 9:58 am ×
I really should be writing a Carousel coffee table book. We have now been on five carousels in five days! Nimes, an ancient Roman city, had not one…but two of them – about 200 meters apart! Naturally, we could not pick just one to ride on! Nimes also features a […]
France / Travel
on September 27, 2006 at 1:38 pm ×
On Tuesday morning we headed west to Pont du Gard. Pont du Gard is a Roman aqueduct dating back more than 2000 yeards. It sits on the river Gardon (it is possible to kayak and canoe here, we saw a group of kayakers launch just north of Pont du Gard.) […]