RAINY DAY IN PISA
Again I reflect on our winter trip to Italy. The latitude in Tuscany roughly equivalent to Milwaukee but the Mediterranean climate brought signs of early spring to the February landscape. We were fortunate to start with a stretch of sunny cool days, but as our trip wound to a close on Saturday, March 4th, spring […]
LOOK AT THAT “S-CAR-GO”
May 2017 Kaleidoscope of France Tour – Gate1 The blog title is the punch line to an old joke, but I won’t even go there right now. Meanwhile, it is Friday night and we find ourselves back in Paris at the Marriott Rive Gauche. A number of people have joined our tour and […]
PLEASANT CAFE, SAINTE MÉRE EGLISE, NORMANDY, FRANCE
May 2017 Kaleidoscope of France Tour – Gate1 PFC Clifford Maughan landed in this spot in Sainte Mére Eglise via parachute at 01:45 am on 6 June. He was promptly taken prisoner by a German Soldier billeted in the building behind – who then turned around and surrendered to PFC Maughan!
ALLEZ À GAUCHE NE VONT PAS À DROITE
May 2017 Kaleidoscope of France Gate1 Tour This is a tale of jet lag, and I hope I have my French correct. The title is supposed to say “Go to the left, do not go the right” Our Tour of France adventure began Saturday, May 20th as we departed home at noon for the […]
CALIFORNIA DREAMING …
I had the opportunity to attend a conference in San Francisco, and Marcy and I decided to add a couple days to the trip and “pop over” to Fresno so we could visit Yosemite, King’s Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. Google Maps declared that it was about a 3 1/2 hour drive from the […]
THE AMALFI COAST
It has been several months now since our excursion to Amalfi from Sorrento, but we remain committed to finishing video highlights of our trip. Some of our productions came fairly easy, but we labored over this one for well over a month. We were long in production for a number of reasons. I […]
