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Travel Tuesday: Geel, Belgium
The market square, Geel, BelgiumGeel, Belgium, is an unassuming town in the Kempen district of Flanders. But I have a special relationship with it, as I am responsible for an Erasmus partnership with...
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This all seems so long ago...
Approaching AnglarsWhen you follow the signs to Anglars, a hamlet that is part of the village of Bertholène, you can quickly tell that there is going to be something special about it.L'Eglise...
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Further explorations: L'Eglise de St. Martin de Limouze
L'Eglise de St. Martin de Limouze, a gem of a church about 5 miles from RodezMy wanderings are accumulating, and I will certainly need to be including more photos if I ever want to "catch up."To pick...
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Into the woods
After a harrowing drive up, I didn't walk too far down this trailWe live across the highway (N88) from a large forest called "Les Palanges." Even when the girls were younger, though, we seldom drove up...
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Choosing the road to winter
It all started with a cancelled plane.Lest you think that all I do is wander around the back roads of Aveyron because that is, well, all there is to do here, listen up!Today I had a highly cultural...
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Train Tripping out of Rodez
Gare de Rodez, 6:15Brive-la-Gaillarde is about a two and a half hour drive from Rodez, and when I had to go there for work recently, my manager was surprised that I requested to travel by train. She...
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St. Martin de Cormières -- another find on the backroads of Aveyron
What's wrong with this picture?Last week's visit to the snow-covered Lévézou area was not without a magical discovery: the St. Martin de Cormières church, a historical monument that is part of the...
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A few glimpses of Rodez: new and old
Striking view from the inside of the new Musée SoulagesLast weekend I got to play the tour guide to a friend of ours from Montpellier who barely knows Rodez. I'm proud to say that despite the glacial...
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20 minutes in Espalion
Espalion reflecting in the Lot riverSpring finally sprang this weekend, which made me want to get out and go anywhere and everywhere.On Sunday, besides taking a nice hike on the nature paths around my...
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Stop the virtual world, I want to get off....sometimes...
How can we NOT feel overwhelmed?I made a New Year's Resolution this year, and feel I have kept it well enough to give a positive status report.As odd as it may seem after picking up this blog again, I...
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5 years ago on La France Profonde
We're in the 10° rainy zone, just northwest of the 18° sunny zoneThere comes a time, in the Rodez area, when we become acutely aware that although we are part of the Midi-Pyrénées region, we are still...
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Paris 1: Les Douches, la Galerie
Entrance to Les Douches, la GalerieAs a student in France in the 1980s, I was always fascinated, and a bit perplexed, by the many municipal bath and shower facilities I saw -- especially in Paris.For...
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Old signs and abandoned buildings
Abandoned storefront in Rodez, FranceA lot of my favorite finds never make it to my blog. As most "France" bloggers do, I tend to focus on the scenic: pastoral views, architectural wonders, and, of...
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An emotional visit to Albi, a place that used to be home
Albi, looking UNESCO-picture-perfectAlbi was my first French home, and for years I carried around a heavy, lump-in-the-throat nostalgia about it.We lived there for two years in the early 90s; our first...
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Backroad Wanderings: Palmas, Aveyron
Looking up at the Eglise Saint-Vincent de PalmasLast Sunday we had magnificent weather here, and I was itching to get out and do a little more backroad exploration. Unfortunately -- no, let's say...
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A jewel of a village: Coussergues, Aveyron
Coussergues, looking a bit like a village in Touraine for some reasonComing on to the last of our exceptional string of long weekends here in France, I really hoped to have a lot of new, local...
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3 Years Ago on La France Profonde -- Good-bye to a Neighborhood
Le Printemps celebrating "le printemps"I had hoped to do better blog-wise by my lovely Easter weekend in Paris. It was my first real dose of spring, and there is so much to tell, as usual when one...
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