Whiskey Travel Foxtrot

The blog

  • Into the Breach
    And so it goes. The house is sold and what is left after much purging is stored awaiting its new home, as are we. We have said our adieus to friends and family and look forward to welcoming them to our new home.We started this journey, quite literally, in 2017 as we saw changes that… Read more: Into the Breach
  • And we begin
    We left yesterday to start our exploration of Normandy and revisiting Le Havre. Easy train ride from Gare Saint Lazare Le Havre is an interesting town, about 160,000, working port with various industries, not a tourist town. As you might imagine the town was badly damaged during the war and so much was rebuilt over… Read more: And we begin
  • Finding Rhythm, not that kind…
    Into our 3rd week and settled in, but no routine. This is a two edged sword as many at this stage of career/lives can relate. We we got up Wednesday morning with a very open schedule , and decided to take a house hunting trip to Fecamp. A pretty little seaside town that has a… Read more: Finding Rhythm, not that kind…
  • Climate travel
    Yesterday Paris was and continues to remain hot. Unbearably so. We don’t like hot, so we decided to escape to Antwerp. Great to have easy access and the chance to discover a new place. 4 days in Antwerp…well we tried to escape the heat but it has come along for the ride, although not quite… Read more: Climate travel
  • Climate travel – take 2
    After 4 nights in Antwerp, in a feeble attempt to escape the heat of Paris, and more importantly our un air conditioned apartment, we did a well greased pit stop. Mario Andretti would have been proud. changed clothes, clean for dirty, actually soggy, then replenished some essentials and took off for our next air conditioned… Read more: Climate travel – take 2

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