Christmas and New Years in Italy and Provence 2015

Judith and I spent Christmas and New Year’s 2015 in France and Italy.  We flew to Rome on December 15 where we met Tom and Tim for a four day visit.  In Mane we spent Christmas Eve at David’s with Michele, David, Suzanna, Werner and others. We had Christmas dinner at Tom and Tim’s. On … Read more

Japan and Taiwan 2015

On October 10 Judith and I set off on a six-week vacation to Japan and Taiwan.  In Japan, after a couple of days in Tokyo and a dinner at Florilège, we took the bullet train to the northern island of Hokkaido. We visited Noboribetsu and spent time at the hot springs. We then went south … Read more

Edinburgh Festival 2015

This was our fourth Edinburgh Festival. We saw: A Gambler’s Guide to Death, Man to Man, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, The Encounter, The Christians, Robert Lepage’s 887, Going Viral, Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Messe des Morts, And This Is My Friend Mr. Laurel, Dickens Abridged, 10X10X10, Every Brilliant Thing, Mark Thomas, Iphigenia in … Read more

Malta 2015

In May 2015 Judith and I went to Malta for five days.  It was a short hop out of Marseille on Ryanair.  We stayed at the Phoenicia in Valletta and took buses around the island.

Portugal 2015

On April 15, 2015, Judith and I set off on a week-long driving tour of Portugal.  We flew into Lisbon and drove up through Sintra and the Douro Valley ending in Porto.  

Bahamas and West Palm Beach 2015

In January 2015 Judith and I rented a small house in West Palm Beach for two weeks.  Nadine and Ed came down from NY to visit us for several days.  We went to the South Florida Fair and an art fair. After West Palm Beach we went to Eleuthera in the Bahamas for six days.

Southwest Road Trip 2014

Judith and I rented a convertible in Las Vegas and took an eleven-day road trip to national parks in the Southwest. We went to Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Arches, Telluride, Monument Valley, Mesa Verde and Lake Powell.     

Edinburgh Festival 2014

Our third trip to the Edinburgh Festival. We saw: Beowulf Lands of Glass Government Inspector Title & Deed Unfaithful Riverrun Pioneer Naked in Alaska Cuckooed Donal Roberston

American South Road Trip 2014

A road trip through the American South, starting at Baton Rouge and going up through the Mississippi Delta, including Natchez, Vicksburg, Oxford, Memphis, Gatlinburg and the Smoky Mountains.