Armchair Travel With Martha

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Monday, August 2, 2010

Barbizon and Plein Air Art

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We had a leisurely breakfast in our room this morning; and after getting a second wifi access we both enjoyed some time on the Internet befo...
Sunday, August 1, 2010

Chateau de Fontainbleau

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We’ll have another new hotel for the next four nights in Melun; south of Paris. We headed north and east out of Tours about 9 am; it was v...
Saturday, July 31, 2010

Chateau de Chenonceau & Wine Caves

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Today is a walk down memory lane for both of us. First we headed towards Blere where one of our favorite hotels is located; we stayed at t...
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Friday, July 30, 2010

Chateaux: Amboise, Chaumont, Loches

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Today we found our way much easier than yesterday….we really got twisted around and spent lots of time finding our way; but today we didn’t ...
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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Chateaux: Langeais, Usse, Villandry

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We awoke to a cooler day; nice but it looked like it could rain at any minute all day long. But, we didn’t have the rain…just a very pleas...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Abbaye de Fontevraud

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This will be a long day of driving from Sarlat to Tours. We left about 9 am with the sunshine and only thirty minutes of country road driv...
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Rocamadour France

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We slept in this morning and it was 9:30 am before we found the slow roads east towards Rocamadour. We’d visited this town years ago and ...
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Monday, July 26, 2010

Sarlat by way of St. Emilion

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Yesterday we finished watching the 2010 Tour de France final ride into Paris. No changes and everyone seemed to enjoy receiving their awar...
Sunday, July 25, 2010

A Quiet Sunday in Bordeaux

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This morning we took the short way into the City Center of Bordeaux with no traffic problems; once off of the speedway we drove along the br...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

Bordeaux Time Trials for Tour de France

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Wow….what a day in Bordeaux! First of all….last night after dinner we drove into the city center…we are staying south of the city just off...
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Friday, July 23, 2010

Driving to Bordeaux and Stage 18

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We awoke to a glorious morning full of sunshine! Off to Bordeaux on the country roads by 9 am; fifteen degrees (about 60); we headed north...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Mountain Stage 17 In The Rain!

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The weatherman was on the nose….we woke to rain, rain, rain! Considering this was our first day on the whole trip where we’ve really had ...
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Martha
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My husband Jim and I have traveled the world for the past 30 years! My latest adventure is Walking The Camino in Spain for the 2nd time from July to Sept.. of 2018 and our trip to Scotland in 2018.........OLDER POSTS: 2008: Australia trip and Albuquerque Balloon Trip......... 2009: 3 month Twin Trip Europe and the full story of 2008 Australia plus 2004 tour of Europe and 2009 trip to Montana. I also posted our 2007 Greece that year. ...... 2010: 2003 trip to Ireland; 2010 trip to Spain and Italy; plus our 2010 50th Anniversary Trip France. ..... POSTED IN 2011: 2007 trip to China; 2005 Egypt and Jordan; 2000 Europe Trip (France, Holland, Germany, Italy, Spain); 1960 Honeymoon, 1992 lst trip to Europe; 1996 Germany/Italy/France trip, 1997 England, 1997 Germany and Austria; 2011: New York City and 3 week trip to England. ...... 2012: Spring trip to France. ...... IN 2013: 3 mo. to Eastern Europe, Paris & Italy + Christmas in Paris 2013. .... 2014: Panama Canal Trip and Peru .... 2015: Italy, England & Paris...... 2016: Six weeks in England..... 2018: Walking the Camino, 10 days in Paris, 2 weeks in Scotland......
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