Day: 10-12 (Eparnay, Champagne Region, France) Km travelled: 801.83 km Steps: 28, 933 Champagne glasses: Best not to keep count… September 16th-18th 2017 I awoke bright and early in my prison sleeper train middle bunk, ready to greet the wonderful weekend that awaited me in the Champagne region! (Correction: I awoke several times in those early Read More
I’m Thankful For… …wonderful family who supported me in my crazy choice to leave them for a year … amazing friends who listen to me, counsel me, calm me and add spice to my life … fantastic colleagues who tolerate my rants, raid my chocolate stash and remind me that parties should be fun …70% Read More
Day: 9 (Marseille) Km travelled: 42.68km Steps: 16,850 September 15th, 2017 If I owned Marseille and Hell, I’d rent out Marseille and live in Hell. – John McCarthy While Mr. McCarthy might have a flair for the dramatic, he was not entirely off the mark with that comment. This city in the French Riviera Read More
Day: 7 (Lourmarin, Roussillon, Gordes & Avignon) Km travelled: 205km Steps: 14, 223 September 13th 2017 There are 155 French villages that have the honor of being classified as one of the ‘Plus Beaux Villages de France”. The Vaucluse department (the area of Provence-Alps-Cote d’Azur in which Aix-en-Provence is located) boasts 7 of these villages. Read More
