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Memories of a Trip Not Taken.

ByJim Loomis 04/17/202004/17/2020

I managed to cancel most of the reservations for transportation, lodging and entertainment made for the trip I had scheduled for this month. In fact today—I’m writing this on Friday, the 17th—today was the day I would be returning home from that trip. . The 25-dqy trip would have included nine different trains, twelve different…

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From British Columbia to the Dordogne.
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From British Columbia to the Dordogne.

ByJim Loomis 12/08/201612/09/2016

I really should pay more attention to the emails I get from people, not just those that come here, but also to the ones that show up in other email boxes. By a ratio of probably five to one, the questions and comments are about travel, specifically vacation travel, as opposed to the need for…

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France

Passenger Rail? The French Have It Figured Out.

ByJim Loomis 10/05/2014

Compared to many of my previous journeys, there has been very little in the way of train travel so far. But I have been reminded once again how extensive and how convenient the French SNCF system really is. My trip from Paris to Brive-la-Gaillarde was by train, the same one all the way, and the…

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France

World War Two Is Still Close to Home in Small Town France.

ByJim Loomis 10/03/2014

 My interest in World War Two is probably a generational thing.   I was just eight years old when World War Two ended, and have always been fascinated by that epic conflict. And walking around these lovely little French villages, I can’t stop thinking that seventy years ago, soldiers of an occupying German Army were…

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