Here is a photographic journal of my trip on the Rhone River from Avignon to Lyon, with an extra stopover in Paris. You can scroll through the photo album using the right and left arrows on the image below to view all of my photos from this trip. ...
On Friday, while in Avignon, we paid a courtesy call on the Pope at his "chateau" here. Unfortunately, we missed him by about 700 years. We decided to take a tour anyway. This was the home of a series of 14th Century Popes (Benedict XII, Innocent VI, etc.) who decided...
We spent our first full morning in France traversing the streets of Arles, famous for the quality of its light, which drew Van Gogh and others to the area. Except there wasn't much light this morning. Cloudy, overcast, windy, and 10 degrees Celsius (you do the math)....
We arrived in Marseilles about 11:30AM (Paris time) this morning, and had a seamless transfer of baggage and bodies to the Viking transport that would carry us to our ship in Avignon (about a one hour drive). Customs clearance in Marseilles was pretty long and slow,...
On Tuesday April 25 we will depart for our river cruise on the Rhone, through Southern France, aboard a Viking river ship. Fascinating time to be traveling to France, with the run up to the runoff election between Macron and LePen hitting full stride. Thoughts and...
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Philadelphia was founded and settled by immigrants from England – and some from Germany – and many of the neighborhoods and streets set up by these settlers betray their British (or German) origins. Many of the neighborhoods and streets that we encounter in...
Here is a collection of photos from my ten-day trip through Egypt with our group from First Presbyterian Church in Springfield. Click on the arrows on either side of the photos below to scroll through the photos....
Shortly before leaving on our long-planned trip to Egypt, Donald Trump launched an attack on Iran, seeking a government overthrow. While this was concerning for many reasons, it did not dissuade us from following through with our travel plans. No one else in our group...