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Back to Domme, Again and Again.

ByJim Loomis 02/03/202302/03/2023

I think I’ve been to Domme four times. It’s one of those places I seem to be drawn to.  It’s not easy or convenient to get there, although with the terrific French rail system, you’re never that far from anywhere.  From Paris it’s a two-and-a-half hour TGV ride to Bordeaux and another two hours on a…

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Who Needs Travel? I do!

ByJim Loomis 07/04/202107/05/2021

Years ago, I worked with a young woman—her name was Alice— who was reasonably bright, performed her job with competence, was fairly attractive, had married a nice guy—high school classmate. They had a little girl, who I remember as being about two years old. Alice herself was in her late 20s. Everything about Alice was…

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The French Have Figured It Out.

ByJim Loomis 05/20/202005/20/2020

Three years ago I was in Paris and having something to eat in one of the several street corner cafés within a two-minute walk from my hotel. It was a weekday evening, but every table was taken, both inside the restaurants and spilling out onto the sidewalk. It was the same every night I was…

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Le Petit Train Jaune? Spectaculaire!
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Le Petit Train Jaune? Spectaculaire!

ByJim Loomis 05/12/201805/14/2018

This marvelous, quirky little train only travels 10-15 miles-an-hour over most of it’s entire route, which is not quite 40 miles long beginning to end. The rail line dates back some 110 years and is still a marvel of engineering. Operated by SNCF, the French national railroad, it’s a narrow gauge, electric powered train that…

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