WELCOME TO FARNSNIENTE

Today we take the TGV, France’s high speed train, from Paris to Bordeaux. It’s also the anniversary of the day when our travel partners,

It’s just four of us again. We said our fond farewells to Mike and Liz. We helped them shuttle their bags down in the tiny elevator, one bag

Four of us have been in the Netherlands, and now Paris, for three weeks. Today we (briefly) become six people. Our friends Ron and Nancy fly

Another day, more excitement scheduled. We’ve added ‘food tours’ to the itineraries of a number of recent trips. Karen thought Paris might

Each day we get up and say “Big day!” Which is to say that we’re in Europe and every day is a big day. Today, however, we’re going to see

Our plan today is to have a nice breakfast and go to the château de Vaux-le-Vicomte. If you know Versaille, the amazing palace of Louis XIV,

We wake early. It’s another full day in Paris. We like the sound of that. We don’t realize but the building heat is still on (maybe for anot

Today we get up early. It’s a big day. Our last day in Amsterdam, and our first day in Paris! We pack and get ready to go, but first we head

Up. Minimal coffee. No breakfast. We take the tram to the Centraal Station and top off our travel cards. We get on our train, on to the...

Today promises to be a quiet day. We do not have a lot planned… a lunch and an amusement ride, that that’s about it. For our morning we just

Today we wake up early. We’re off to Keukenhof to see tulips. It’s 40 degrees now but will be sunny later, so we layer. Since we have a big

We’re up at seven, close to our normal time. We think we’re finally on local time. We relax in the room and eventually shower and pack. Walk

Up at 7:30. Our smartphone says it’s 36 degrees out and on inspection we see a beautiful blue sky. The weather today is projected to be most

Happy May Day! We’re told it’s some religious holiday, at least according to our waitress at the café. She doesn’t know exactly what it is a

Today is our first full day in Den Bosch. Our hotel wants 18 euro apiece for breakfast, so we opt instead to try a local restaurant: Crème.

As has become our custom, we wake up around 7 and have coffee in the room. We get ready and meet for complimentary breakfast in the dining r

Photos | Previous | Next | Index We rise around seven but could have slept longer. Still not used to the time change, maybe. We have...

Today’s our first full day in Holland. We had a good night’s sleep (after an iffy one on the plane). Breakfast is included in our room rate

Another trip another diary, good lord willing. This trip has been many years in the making. The goal is Dutch tulips. We also read an articl