France archive

Img_6935 Where in Heaven is Mozart?
April 16, 2008

This is our little "Mozart" and she is 18
months into a multi year, open ended trip
around the world, we started when she was 5.

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Vio_pontdugd_06_2 Violin at Pont du Gard
March 12,2008

This is one of a series of videos we
have shot of Mozart playing violin
in key places around the world

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Img_3671 Carcassonne Medieval Castle
October 23, 2006

As we drove further south to our last stop
in France, we were all wowed by the sight
of the lit up castle from our camper

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Img_3644 Loving Luberon
October 22, 2006

There is sooooo much to love about the
Luberon and many call it the most beautiful
part of Provence. It so appealed to us that

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Img_3505 Valley of the Fairies
October 21, 2006

Just past Rousillon is the Val des Fees -
the Valley of the Fairies - which is a
stupendous one-of-a-kind place, fascinating

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Img_3640 Roussillon, Ochre Romance
October 20, 2006

We fell head over hills in love with the
Provence village of Roussillon and its
colorful sunburn hues from ocher to

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Img_3381 Good Morning Provence!
October 19, 2006

Mozart looooves hotels better than RV’s
or homes she says. So she was happier than
a clam to spend the night in a hotel and we

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Img_3402 Going to Gordes
October 18, 2006

What a difference a day makes! DaVinci
woke up feeling good and it was a
gorgeous sunny warm day.

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Img_3164 Lazy wifi days in La Sousta
October 17, 2006

For the first time we actually have free
wifi from our campsite! Its like coming
to an oasis in a desert.

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Img_2051 Good bye Uncle Bill
October 16, 2006

We called home to hear very sad news 
about a beloved uncles death which
happened suddenly after years of

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Img_3059 Roman holiday in Provence
October 15, 2006

Mozart is weighing food in the Roman way
at the wonderful Ludo (l’espace enfants)
children’s interactive part of the museum

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Img_2973 Pont du Gard
October 14, 2006

We are so glad that we made Pont du Gard
our first stop in Provence! This world heritage
site of the highest Roman aqueduct

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Img_2656 Thrill Ride!
October 13, 2006

Going through impossibly ancient narrow
streets, hairpin turns, and ridiculously
steep inclines in rush hour traffic is a

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Img_2926 Lyons
October 12, 2006

The Australian family that we met on our
last day of Paris could not stop raving
about Lyons and a park there.

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Img_2822 Wine roads & Bacchus Lunch
October 11, 2006

We now have a wine cellar under our
table in our camper! I can just hear Rene
cracking up, as if we were not over full

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Img_2590 The Heart of Burgundy
October 10, 2006

First, a big happy birthday hug to my
sister Julia! We woke up on this fine day
surrounded by endless Pinot Noir vineyards 

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Img_2440 Route des Grands Crus!
October 9, 2006

Ooooh, we are looooving Burgundy and
we had one of our best days yet following
the famous Route des Grands Crus on

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Img_2267 Laptop madness in Europe
October 8, 2006

Trying to find wifi on the continent to
upload this blog is pure madness and
insanity thus far.

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Img_2273 "Nothing but Pinot Noir"
October 7, 2006

“...This is Burgundy” the waitress said as
she poured the very palatable local red
wine which brought a smile to our lips.

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Img_2264 First missing tooth!
October 6, 2006

“Mommy, I lost my tooth!” Ms. Mozart was
beside herself with excitement as she woke
us up at four thirty in the morning

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Img_2885 Hello Cote d'Or!
October 5, 2006

It was an easy 300 or so kilometers
drive from Paris to our peaceful campsite
on a beautiful lake within walking distance

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Img_2226 Goodbye Paris!
October 4, 2006

We have been enriched by this gorgeous
city, but we are more than ready to start
exploring the countryside of this great nation.

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Img_2177 Irish girls invade
October 3, 2006

Out of no where, a huge, loud family
of many, many caravans with lots of
female children who wandered on their

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Img_2167_3 Sacre Coeur & Montmartre
October 2, 2006

DaVinci and Mozart headed out around
noon to Sacre Coeur and Montmarte while
I stayed home and worked on the blog.

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Img_2137 Giverny-Monet's Garden
October 1, 2006

It was a sun-drenched, balmy, ideal
day to visit Monet’s fabulous home and
gardens and Mozart could hardly wait.

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Img_2017 Simple Pleasures
September 30, 2006

We were planning to see Versailles today,
but we decided we deserved another R&R
day at “home” instead.

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Img_1906 3 Museums in a Day
September 29, 2006

We resolved to hit three museums in a day,
starting with  the lesser known Marmottan
for the Monets & Impressionists,

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Img_1755_3 Notre Dame & Left Bank
September 28, 2006

Another sunny, crisp, clear day greeted us
and we managed to get out at a decent
time for us to take it in fully.

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Img_1658 Sun & Arc de Triumph
September 27, 2006

It was a glorious sunny day in Paris and
that made us so happy as we were afraid
maybe the weather was starting to turn.

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Img_1470 Madeline, Linea & d'Orsay
September 26, 2006

We decided to start the day by looking for
Madeline’s house in Proust’s neighborhood
as suggested in “Storybook Travels”.

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Img_1452 A Day of Rest & Relaxation
September 25, 2006

Some days, you just need to rest and take
it easy, especially when you are traveling as
a family. We had a great day on her birthday,

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Img_1407 Mozart's 6th at Eiffel Tower
September 24, 2006

Well,we did not quite make the actual day,
but we did fulfill our long promise to Mozart
to celebrate her sixth birthday in Paris

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Img_1250 Paris! Bois de Boulogne
September 23, 2006

Royalty use to hunt in the beautiful 25
acres that is now Bois de Boulogne in Paris
and today, here we are camping in it along

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Img_1237 RSS feed & onto France
September 22, 2006

We are still having trouble with our RSS
feed and comments, but hope to tweak
those things on our blog once we get to Spain

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