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About Elise
It's almost 2 weeks since my husband & I have returned from Morocco, & I'm still processing the memories from this amazingly enchanting country. I should start by saying that I've been working with children & adults in an art museum for over 20 years. And because it's not been easy to squeeze my immense collage of visual images …
Bienvenue! We are delighted to welcome you (or welcome you back!) to our blog that used to be about summers in the south in France! Last summer was our "last hurrah" with this scheme, deciding mid-summer that it was time to reboot our summer lives.
Since Covid, our summers in France had changed. We used to enjoy wonderful classical music concerts, & a multitude of interesting & captivating art exhibitions that were no longer happening. We'd visited all the European countries…
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Charleston County, South Carolina
For the last 12 years, Les & I have spent the month of May preparing for our upcoming summer in France. Last summer, both of us realized that we needed to spend more time in the US for fam…


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Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
It's almost 2 weeks since my husband & I have returned from Morocco, & I'm still processing the memories from this amazingly enchanting country. I should start by saying that I've been…


New blog entry posted
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
The Magical Introduction to Morocco from the books we read before & during our Moroccan trip.
Over the years, Les & I have been so lucky with travel! After Les joined an international …


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Jane Pawelkiewicz I love this! Love figs
re: We both started with a Goat cheese salad with fig, (forgot to take a picture")....ruth a lof of memories. Thank you for showing us a little bit of France and some other places. We will miss you but will find something else to meet. Take care
re: In July, we made a tough decision. It's time to close this chapter & move on.Ruth Sommières is just such a lovely city and the hotel you booked for us, special. We had a great time there
re: Look at the top of Sommières on July 12. See the brown just under the tree line?ruth good to see your grandkids so happy
re: Here are our Greek gods & one goddess, ready to climb!ruth I look the blue dress. Good place for shopping
re: A few more people here than on Naousa.ruth what a great place to stopp. I love it
re: Thirsty, we stopped at this delightful restaurant across from the church...Hans the wine we bought was excellent, but not that cheap
re: Hans, our wine connaisseur, tries a white wine...ruth Singing in the rain! We had a lot of fun and the diner in the restaurant was special
re: Here we are in our rain gear, that we've been wearing for 2 whole days!Ruth Thank you for organizing this wonderful trip. We had a lot of fun, as always with you. I wonder, where we will meet next year.
re: The water flows pretty swiftly, but it's a shallow river....Ruth like in the one castle in France we saw, strange
re: & all the stuffed heads on the walls...