There are 21 photos included. Scroll all the way to the bottom, after the blog to see the rest of the photos. I was sorry to say goodby to our lovely B&B in South Kensington, but I am afraid I will have some bruises. We love our B&B but the rooms in London are so tiny. I kept bumping into the chair, the door, the shower. The shower is so small you have to enter it sideways to get through the door. We had some time to kill before our train so we walked around our neighborhood enjoying the sights. In the photos you can see some of the real estate options that are available. For the low price of 1,395,000 pounds we can get a 3 bedroom flat. Or for 1,990,000 pounds you can get ... read more

8 photos in this entry. see note at the end The flight from Chicago to London didn’t seem as bad as usual. 7 ½ hours. Of course we are too cheap to pay for business or first class, but we did pay a small amount extra for a few more inches of leg room and it was worth it. We could easily cross our legs. Food was terrible, but we had the individual TVs with lots of movies to pass the time. We also got lucky on the seating. The plane was configured with 3 seats on each side and 3 in the middle. We booked an aisle and middle in the middle section. The guy sitting next to Dot (on the other aisle) got up before take-off and never came back. Just disappeared. So she ... read more

Geo: 48.8566, 2.35097In France, I have been eating fresh croissants every morning for breakfast. I am going to miss those greatly. Forgot to mention that at our hotel they served a buffet type breakfast and they always had warm croissants, scrambled eggs and I guess what they thought were sausages, but they looked exactly like American boiled hotdogs. I couldn't bring myself to try them for breakfast. Stuck with my croissants.I have eaten so much bread and cheese here, but it is so good, I can't stop myself.Driving was always a challenge. The tiny roads are fine, until someone is coming toward you. I grit my teeth and slow down and everyone thinks I am nuts. We must have driven through 100 roundabouts. Luckily, all but maybe 3 of them were signle lane roundabouts. Those are ... read more

Geo: 43.7439, 4.79528Yesterday was pretty tame, but today was a little stressful at times. As we were leaving our base town of St Remy this morning, we noticed an unusual amount of traffic. Oops, we forgot it was Market Day in St Remy. We considered turning around and going back, but we were all ready for our day's adventures so we continued on and hoped to get back to St Remy in time to see some of Market Day.We set off for Les Baux, which is a short 20 minute drive from our base town. Easy drive, too, except as we were leaving St Remy we hit a brief construction zone where the road was down to one lane. There was a car in front of me going through so I hurried up to follow him ... read more

Geo: 42.5, 2.5Today was fun filled and nonstop. We had a nice breakfast at our hotel and then headed out quickly to start our adventures.The plan was to drive (eeck) to Roussillan where we would: Hike the Ochre Cliffs Tour the quaint hill town Shop the galleries and cute little shops Check out the church Have our other planned gourmet lunch at Chez David – Rick recommendationAfter lunch we had other villages to visit. But back to our morning.Our 3 GPSes said we should arrive in Roussillan by 10:38. Hah! They don't understand the French country road system. Thank God for our tiny car. Many supposedly 2 lane roads, but as soon as you lose the line down the middle of the road, you know you are in trouble. Plus, we had to drive through the ... read more