Fast and furious first weeks time traveling through France. Disoriented from the deeply, essential humanness of the cave paintings, and Carnac megaliths compounded by the amazing engineering + slavery of Mt St Michel juxtaposed with the graves, battlefields of WW1 and WW2. That sums up France so far. Everywhere is history that we continue toContinue reading “Journey to the Center of the Universe”
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Everything Toulouse
Perhaps foolishly, we don’t always know where we are going. Onward to the Pyrenees was the original goal, but a lot of travel days and maybe snow, made it not appealing. Based on ubiquitous travel blogs, we thought Albi, (maybe Patricia thought it was Aldi?) https://www.albi-tourisme.fr/en/autour-dalbi/grand-site/visiter-albi-10-bonnes-raisons/ The city is an UNESCO site (isn’t everywhere inContinue reading “Everything Toulouse”
We Caved
Inspired by Werner Herzog we added to our itinerary. Actually, we are always inspired by everything Werner Herzog does except getting shot www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrRNM9cMBDk, but specifically we were inspired by his documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_Forgotten_Dreams so we added on a visit to Grotte de Font-de-Gaume Cave to experience prehistoric paintings. Due to damage from humanContinue reading “We Caved”
A sip of Bordeaux
There were a lot of other Brittany possibilities but since it was off off season visits to the islands or other beaches were not really in the cards. With rain up ahead, we chose to skip Nantes (birthplace of Jules Verne), forego the pottery of Quimper (where would we put it), and sadly did notContinue reading “A sip of Bordeaux”
Brittany Rocks
St Malo was chosen to start our five weeks in France because Patricia remembered it from a book… oh yeah that kinda dumb book and Netflix movie (All The Light We Cannot See), too late we were on the ferry. Sleeping on the near-empty Portsmouth, UK-St Malo ferry was fine, it would not be fineContinue reading “Brittany Rocks”
The Fugue-itives, back on the run
why keep writing. Back to the blog.https://chosenfugue.xyz/2023/03/12/what-have-we-just-done-again/ It’s all a fugue. A year slips by, and a few more months, maybe almost two years. Patricia says we need to blog, people were left hanging with us still in Northern Italy in late Feb 2023 https://chosenfugue.xyz/2023/04/27/milano-dog-ciao/ A year and a few months, maybe more than twoContinue reading “The Fugue-itives, back on the run”
Obligatory Food Blog, Rehashed
Now would be the point where we share pictures of pasta on vibrant ceramic plates, or paella bursting with weird looking seafood, with one of us sitting at the cafe, with the city scene behind us, holding a glass of wine or espresso. If you expect that, you have not been paying attention. Instead, itContinue reading “Obligatory Food Blog, Rehashed”
Milano Dog Ciao
Train delays of more than a few minutes are rare in Europe, so we were very confused by our hour plus wait when boarding in Desenzano del Garda for Milan. This was our introduction to the rolling train transportation worker’s strike in Northern Italy. We made it to Milan, arriving to a striking, giganticContinue reading “Milano Dog Ciao”
Letting Our Garda Down
In Venice, limited to narrow, canal-lined paths broken up by sudden bridges, we felt like game pieces trying to navigated a board game like Chutes & Ladders (Canals & Bridges?). We needed open space. Our upcoming Milan dog-sit owners recommended Lake Garda, a local, Northern Italy favorite, although they had never been, which forContinue reading “Letting Our Garda Down”
A couple of Dumbos in Venezia
In 697 AD, the twelve founding families of Venezia (Venice), refugees from wars (sound familiar?) chose it’s location as a safe harbor. Eventually, this strategic location led Venice to become a major financial and political powerhouse in the area; a staging site for wars and trade. Based on our experience, they still are a powerhouseContinue reading “A couple of Dumbos in Venezia”
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