I see that Basse - Navarre region of France is unknown to this blog site. But let us continue with our update for 18 to 19 August. Bon Jour--yes, we are now in France AND we think our bags are also in France--in Toulouse, 3 hours away from St. Jean. From Stansted Airport, we flew along the French coast most of the way. Our bags had not yet arrived. With water on our right, we enjoyed good views of the rural French countryside on the left of the plane. As we approached the Pyrenees the land became less rolling and more hilly. It was a patchwork of pasture, small cultivated plots and copses of trees. In Biarritz, we were picked up by James, the owner of a small transport company with business primarily between the seaside ... read more

This is a trial entry to re-learn how this works again. Then I will add the details of weeks of planning for a trip first thought of over 30 years ago. 28 May 2015 continued entry. So we have been trying to reduce our lifetime accumulation of paper and stuff. One item was a NYTimes travel article from 1987 on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. So we have had this on our list for about 30 years. As a prelude we have walked the Milford Track in New Zealand; the Great Ocean Walk in Australia; The Coast to Coast (Wainwright Trail)(C2C) in England; The Lycian Way in Turkey; and I have also walked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu as well as hiking with our Sun City Anthem Nevada (SCA) hiking club. After the Coast ... read more

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 We had breakfast and then got paperwork together to walk to Balboa and Calle Uruguay to meet with Panama Casa property management company. It poured on us so had to walk thru mud near the construction sites. There are many projects proposed or going up on Balboa. The office of Panama Casa is in the La Gaviota building. Security person in next building knew this and helped us. Once in the building we learned that Betsy was still with another client and spent a very productive 20 minutes with Suzett who provided us with a typical rental proforma spread sheet. We spent about three hours with Betsy asking and getting answers to questions. Towards the end we met Jeff Duda the owner and spent time talking about his various interests and projects ... read more

A bit of catch up to do on activities since the 12th. On Wednesday August 13th, we meet Jackeline and traveled to a warehouse for the appliance line called Linea Blanco. There we say various options and the Frigidaire appliances. After looking at various options for a "set-in" cook top (Estufo) we decided against this. But we did decide on a dishwasher and selected the Microwave Oven that includes a ducted vent and light for above the stove cook top. Here we met with Danitza who informed us that we would need a quotation from Lisbeth. Sol sent me her email. We also want the side-by-side freezer and refrigerator. The taxi then took us to La Garantia to look at the closet style. Here we also saw some options for a pantry which we can add ... read more

Trying to learn how to use this. Seems one must save and not publish to get back to a specific title and add more days. We shall see. {later edit - listing the entries then clicking on the text allows one to edit what has been saved or published.} About 9:45 PM on Thursday, 7 August Lauren Thomas picked us up at home and took us to the airport. Checked our bags and waited for our plane which left at 12:50 AM for Atlanta. Just before boarding we enjoyed a TCBY frozen dish. We arrived at Atlanta early but were in same terminal as our departing flight to Panama City, Panama. We found a bench seat with no arms so Karen could stretch out. After a breakfast sandwich we boarded but bags on plane did not ... read more