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Category: Travel

Travel rants

Posted on June 7, 2014March 25, 2017 by Clay

(Caution: contains coarse language) The ease with which we move about is nothing short of miraculous. Around town or around the world, we…

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Paris scarvery

Posted on January 13, 2014March 19, 2017 by Clay

In Paris, the scarf is a fashion accessory not just for the fashion élite. Chic professional women wear scarves but so do teens…

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The end of a chapter

Posted on April 28, 2013March 19, 2017 by Clay

Aboard the TGV to Paris I could exhale a little. After the morning’s frenzy and the schlepping of my five bags onto the…

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Farewell, Fitou

Posted on April 24, 2013March 19, 2017 by Clay

The time came for me to go home. After 85 nights in the so-called Yellow Apartment that I had found on Roomorama I…

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Photographic miscellany

Posted on April 15, 2013March 22, 2017 by Clay

 

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Barcelona, Part 2 (Sleeping, eating and moving around)

Posted on March 19, 2013March 22, 2017 by Clay

(CAUTION: Contains graphic language.) Barcelona is an easy city to visit because you don’t really have to plan anything. You don’t have to…

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Barcelona, Part 1 (the city)

Posted on March 18, 2013March 23, 2017 by Clay

This is a travelogue, part guide and part journal of three days in Barcelona. Very simply, it’s a stunningly beautiful city. You can…

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Spring

Posted on March 10, 2013March 22, 2017 by Clay

The sun is out today and the sparrows are making up for a wet, dreary week. There’s a chirpfest happening outside my window….

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Slogging to Mont Saint-Michel

Posted on March 7, 2013March 22, 2017 by Clay

Some years ago Calvin and I spent a week 1000 kilometers from here in Brittany, in a charming medieval town called Dinan. During…

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Biking

Posted on March 2, 2013March 22, 2017 by Clay

Today I went grocery shopping, an activity fascinating enough on its own, but it was the travel involved that makes this story especially…

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