We’ve arrived in Paris after a fabulous week in the Loire valley. It was mainly wet and cold, but we still explored the chateaux and villages, and went for drives in the picturesque countryside. The apartment here in Paris has an internet connection, so we’ll write more another night. On arriving here we strolled through the Tuileries [...]
Continue reading...26. May 2007
We’re at the internet point in the hotel in Milano, right across from the Stazione Centrale, cooling down. I had hoped to upload some more pictures, but we’re typing this on the hotel computer instead. We decided to come to Milan earlier than planned to be sure we could find the station in time for our [...]
Continue reading...13. May 2007
Yesterday I wandered around Walsh Bay, Sydney, with a friend, and was very pleasantly surprised at what a beautiful area it is. Walsh Bay is just to the west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, on the south side of the harbour. It was just old piers, but between 1999 and 2005, it was re-developed into [...]
Continue reading...23. April 2007
We’re looking forward to traveling on the TGV high speed trains. We will be traveling in one day from Milan to Paris (about 7 hours) then from Paris to St Pierre des Corps (near Tours) (about 1 hour), and then there will be another trip from St Pierre des Corps back to Paris. On the [...]
Continue reading...22. April 2007
The Loire Valley is known as the Garden of France. The beautiful countryside is littered with chateaux and historic towns. There is so much to see and do around the Loire Valley. Here are some links for more information about the Loire Valley: Wikipedia entry on the Loire Valley France for visitors: Loire Touraine And here are some links [...]
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3. June 2007
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