Walking the Downs
Elaine left a very handy and accurately written booklet called Octagon Walks outlining with eight walks that we’re working through and...
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Carol Duval
Oct 31, 20183 min read
Falling for the South Downs
What a change! From precarious mountain roads, thick forests and misty views of the Pyrenees to the hedged country lanes and green/golds...
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Carol Duval
Oct 16, 20184 min read
Farewell to France—With a Couple of Friends
After nearly seven weeks in La Forge del Mitg, friends Avis and Peter Gunn shared our final few days and gave us a chance to revisit some...
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Carol Duval
Oct 4, 20183 min read
Coping with Catalonia
A recent email from my school friend Jenny (North Sydney Girls) brought a sigh of relief with her recounting of the time she was...
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Carol Duval
Sep 30, 20183 min read
Girona and the Catalunya Hinterland
Elaine had told us that if we were beginning to get cabin fever in La Forge del Mitg we should spend a couple of days in Girona—Spain’s...
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Carol Duval
Sep 28, 20182 min read
Back to the Costa Brava
It has certainly been a few years from when we took a few days out from travelling on our Eurail passes around Europe. The beaches are...
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Carol Duval
Sep 13, 20181 min read
Céret and Picasso
After a few days' driving from Paris to our new exchange home in the Pyrenees Orientale we've started to explore this fascinating area....
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Carol Duval
Sep 12, 20181 min read
Figueres and Dali
More art and more crowds but at least more bearable than in Barcelona—that is, the Dali Museum and Theatre in Figueres. We spent nearly...
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Carol Duval
Sep 12, 20182 min read
The Spirit of Catalonia
One of the unexpected discoveries about living here is the whole Catalonian experience. We should have known or at least investigated...
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Carol Duval
Sep 7, 20181 min read
Barcelona Reunion
We left early in the morning, driving down the treacherous mountain roads to the even more treacherous Barcelona traffic to meet up with...
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Carol Duval
Sep 2, 20181 min read
La Forge del Mitg
Our home for seven weeks in early autumn is in this small but deceptively lively mountain village in the heart of north Catalonia. The...
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Carol Duval
Jul 31, 20151 min read
Waterways of the Tsars
The story of our trip, courtesy of Viking River Cruise, from St Petersburg to Moscow.
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