Posts by Gail South

Tuesday: The kids’ flight was altered due to weather in Atlanta. They arrived about 4 pm in Bordeaux without their luggage, which was still in Atlanta. It will be sent to Le Pecile. It was absolutely teeming with rain all day, so their introduction to France was not great.Wednesday, June 19 (Jerry’s 69th birthday): It…

Thursday: Rain again. It’s actually become so wet that the first floor windows are all sprouting snails! Escargots pour diner?? We took off for Agen to visit the Musee des Beaux Arts. Parked in the free lot by the river and stood under our umbrellas waiting for the little green city bus to take us…

Saturday: Had some really good news today: Jerry’s twenty-five year old asparagus bed has survived Sandy and is producing well. He was depressed over the loss of the garden, but losing the asparagus was the biggest blow. Foggiest morning we’ve seen. We delayed our venture to Celebrations Nerac for a bit, but it didn’t burn…

Friday, April 12, 2013 Cool and rainy day in Beach Haven. Ellen and Bill Kehr picked us up about 11 for an uneventful ride to the Newark airport. We stopped at the Spanish Tavern for an excellent lunch, checked in, passed through security and boarded on time. Arrived at Charles de Gaulle a bit early,…

Friday, Oct. 7: Our bus arrived at 9:30 for a 45 minute ride in the pouring rain to Dubrovnik, once better known as Ragusa, Venice’s chief rival in the Adriatic. St. Blaise is the protector of the city, which he holds in his hands in the many statues scattered around. Dubrovnik (Latin: Ragusa), “Pearl of…

For Dubrovnik only, click here A Little Background Music Dalmatia, the southern part of Croatia’s Adriatic Coast, is a region of immense natural beauty and historical significance, an area where many fascinating strands in the story of human struggle and achievement are woven together into an extraordinary tapestry of culture. Even a casual glance at…

​Click here for Photobook of entire trip Azerbaijan Goitered Gazelles Flame Towers, Baku Khinalig Diri-Baba Mausoleum Georgia Samebo/Holy Trinity Cathedral. Archangel Monastery Uplistsikhe–Cave City Mount Kazbegi (the Glacier) Armenia St Saviour’s, Gyumri Lake Sevan Haghartsin Monastery Noravank Monastery Botero Statue at the Cascade, Yerevan Symphony Gorge, Garni Mt. Ararat

Click here for Photobook of entire cruise Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006Depart for Europe. Board your overnight trans-Atlantic flight.Left BH about noon, stopped to release squirrel number 18. Lunch at Mud City, then off to Phila. Airport. They dropped me first at Lufthansa (Jamie, Meagan and Dawson were flying SW to Alabama and Jerry headed for…

Click here to view a Photobook of the entire trip Wed.- Thu., Sept. 2, 2009Paige got us to the Philadelphia airport in plenty of time for our 4:15 pm flight to Frankfurt. It was full and all the seats were very small, but my new Bose headphones let me watch the movie, Angels & Demons…