230 feet long, 20 inches high….an amazing story told in crewel embroidery of the Norman conquest of England. Long story short, William Duke of Normandy, the rightful heir to the throne, challenged Harold II, King of England in 1066. The tapestry was thought to be finished just a couple of years after this. There is…

We woke up early and hungry so headed down to the lobby for a bit of breakfast then back to bed for 2 more hours!!! Yesterday, in our search for a restaurant for dinner, we saw this place, Bouillion Chartier, with a huge line of folks waiting to get in. So we asked about it…

We begin our Seine River Cruise this afternoon. We dropped our luggage off at the ship and headed to the Impressionists museum, Musee d’Orsay. It used to be a train station so the building is beautiful and elaborately decorated. We did not think the museum was organized well and our audio tour guide did not…

Wow, what a magnificent site!!! Not too crowded today. We had skip the line tickets (highly recommended) so we got in fairly quickly. We rode the first elevator to the second floor with our guide and saw the beautiful sites of Paris from up high. The problem is that the wind was also up high…

Finally got some sleep last night. I can feel my face again!! We had breakfast with Robin and Neil and then we headed our separate ways. Robin and Neil took the Hop On Hop Off bus around town and Buzz and I had a walking tour scheduled. Our tour guide, Agustina was wonderful. She has…

We are on the move again!! It has been far too long since we did any International traveling and we missed it terribly. So time to remedy that situation. The flights over were uneventful, thank goodness. We arrived in Paris at 7:30am, got to our hotel (and our room was not ready yet) so we…

We said goodbye to Alamosa and headed south west. The topography changes so much in Colorado and the SW is no exception. We have gone from mountains to plains and now to mesas and yucca and cactus. Lunch in Durango started with a challenge to find RV parking in a small city. Conversations with several…

Zapata Falls is Colorado rough! First the 3 mile road that you drive up to the trailhead is even worse (almost) than the Point of No Return road yet there are no vehicle restrictions. The trail itself is only about 1 mile round trip but just covered enough with rocks to make it challenging. Our…

As much as we love our mountain home and have appreciated its safe locale…….GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!! We had to cancel so many trips this past year….we were really itching to go somewhere. So we packed up our new travel trailer and headed out. Traveling is not as easy as it used to be…maybe…

Backing up a little bit…..the drive through the High Atlas Mountains was extremely interesting. For the most part, the scenery was all brown disrupted here and there with a lush tropical oasis. First….oasis. We were under the impression that an oasis was a tiny little “island” in the middle of a desert, usually surrounded by…

Ouarzazate (wa-zeer-ra-zat) is the movie capital of Morocco. Lawrence of Arabia, Rules of Engagement, Gladiator, and others were made here. They have even opened up a film school. Our stay here was mostly an overnight on the way to Marrakesh however we did tour a beautiful casaba. On the way, we stopped at Ait Benhaddou…

The hotels we have stayed in so far, were sanitized and could have been anywhere in the world. But last night, after a long day of traveling, we checked into a hotel that embodies Morocco. This Casbah was so awesome and it felt like Lawrence of Arabia would ride up on his camel any minute….