Basque Travels in September
This photo journal covers a month long family and friends vacation at a villa in the Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne agglomeration of the French Basque region. The area now competes with Provence as a go-to vacation and second-home destination for Parisians. There are Atlantic beaches galore with numerous world famous surfing venues such as Biarritz and Capbreton. Nearby are the western Pyrenees and northern Spain with its celebrated ocean resorts of San Sebastían and Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Inland are the medieval village gems of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Cambo-les-Bains, Ainhoa and Espelette. Madrid is five hours away by car. Basque culture manifests head-on in its cuisine: spreads of designer tapas, cured ham, pâtés, cod dishes in piperade and drinkable wines. Cafés are lively and abundant. Also, half-timbered residences painted in Basque red, blue or green are ubiquitous. For those so inclined, there are more than a dozen golf courses.
Grand Tour Remake
This 25-day travelogue kicks off in Dublin to savor the sights, sounds and fare of the Irish Republic capital city before busing to play golf and bask in the sumptuousness of the Adare Manor resort. Then we wing our way to Munich for a one-day tour of the old city, an up close visit of Nymphenburg Palace and dining on plates of Bavarian schnitzels, sausages and dumplings before amping the tour by motoring in a rental car through the Alps to Lake Como, Cinque Terre, Tuscany, Umbria and Rome. Along the way we experience the fleeting tribulations of navigating Medieval city streets and vertiginous seaside roadways only to be rewarded by the adventures that lie ahead. We are treated to rich landscapes, architectural masterpieces, religious and cultural histories, innumerable art treasures and a variety of country and regional cuisines. Among the delights were the opportunities to admire in person 14 of Caravaggio’s paintings housed in Florence and Rome.
Paris in Late Summer
Imagine renting a flat in central Paris and indulging yourself with a weather-friendly, month-long exploration of this world-renowned tourist mecca and seat of French art, culture, commerce, government and history. Paris in September transports you through this indulgence with daily journals with photos of this dream vacation. Visit the iconic sites such as Notre Dame de Paris, the Louvre, Versailles, the Champs-Elysees and the Eiffel Tower. Take the Metro to the Cemetery Pere Lachaise to view the gravesites of Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde. Attend a special exhibition to admire the Seventeenth Century canvasses of Caravaggio at the Museum Jacquemart-Andre. Catch the Bullet Train to London. Browse the sumptuous Galeries Lafayette on Boulevard Haussmann or a rolling market in the Butte-aux-Cailles neighborhood. Find a front-row café seat on the Rue Montorgueil and enjoy a Belgian blond beer while watching the Parisians out for a Saturday evening. Experience this travelogue and, then hopefully inspired, plan your very own getaway.
Mountain Meadows...Ocean Meadows: Yosemite-Bend-Portland-Oregon Coast-San Francisco
Travel into personally heretofore unexplored territory on this 13-day chronicle of a road trip from the Los Angeles area through Yosemite and along the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada to Portland Oregon and returning down the Oregon coast through San Francisco to Los Angeles. The first leg in mountainous with the wide-open ranges anchored with farms, ranches, forestland and land-locked basins. The second leg is coastal with penetrating estuaries followed by coastal forest anchored by dairy farms, logging, fishing and tourism.
Provence in September
Discover the wonders of Southern France when you immerse yourself in this travelogue featuring over eighty photographs and communicating the pleasures of traveling this region. It details the recollections, color, some history and highlights of Provence’s towns, villages and countryside. From a apartment in the historic district of Aix-En-Provence we traveled to the “Golden Villages” of the Luberon, Arles, Avignon, Barcelona, Cannes, Cassis, Marseilles, Monte Carlo, Nice, Nimes, St. Remy, St. Tropez and Uzes.
