I am now in Beaune, safely and comfortably settled in a very nice bed & breakfast called La Terre d’Or — literally the Golden Earth. It’s raining here today, occasionally rather hard, but mostly it’s a drizzle that turns into a mist for a while and then starts drizzling again. It’s an ideal day to kind of shut it down…
I always thought it was just automatic here in Europe that your train was going to be on time. Wrong! Not today, anyway, because the TGV that I caught in Lausanne this morning was about 15 minutes late on its arrival into Dijon … not a big thing, but just enough time for me to…
My European trip is now just a bit more than a week away. All the details are in place and I’m starting to think seriously about getting organized. After my ride on the Glacier Express in Switzerland, I’ll return to France for what will be, for me, a bit of a longer stay: three nights…
Let’s see … where were we? Oh, yes … I was reviewing some of the specifics for my upcoming trip to Europe and the last item mentioned was my ride on the Glacier Express in Switzerland from Chur to Brig. I also noted that the Swiss Tourism folks have told me that the railroad will indeed…