Our intention is not to bore you with mentioning all of the touristy attractions, THE MUST SEE and DO in Paris list of every tourist book, rather to give you a taste of what it is like to live in this incredible, vibrant and almost always awake and alert city. Six days a week…

We have now been in Paris for more than a month. We paid our next month’s rent and cell phone service – for Missy’s phone. WE had the great fortune of nice weather the first couple of weeks. This allowed us to sit in a sunny spot in the parks with the locals, drinking a…

  Wow! We have been in Paris for only a week, settled in our little studio apartment (used to be the maid’s room) on the 6th floor of an apartment building built in about 1840 in the center of Paris. We have walked miles and miles exploring, loving every experience, feeling so blessed and thankful…

It was a very good decision to spend a day and 2 nights in Martigny, a town with a lot of history, known for its emphasis on arts, exhibitions, vineyards (build on steep hills) and orchards. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martigny# We begun by going to the tourist info center where a VERY nice young man provided us with…

PROLOG Richard’s: Once Missy set her retirement date, of August 31, 2015, our travel plans were set in motion. But first we needed to see about her bunion surgery and what if any limitations she may have from that. After six months or so she had a clean bill of health and we started making plans.…

What we did not mention about our awesome accommodation in a Champex was that when we checked in our friendly French hostess said “I know you will like the shower”. Oh my! Like it …we loved the jacuzzi shower and plan to instal one in our future home. We had a 16km walk the next…

See description of the photos, below. We got to Hotel Edelweiss in La Fouly in time to get a shower before dinner. We were given our spots in the dorm. Seven mattresses on the floor we took two. Down stairs to wait for dinner found our assigned seats. Turned out we were seated next to…

After a night and day’s rest in Courmayeur we realized that we were not able to secure a place to stay until we reach the end of stage 6 (La Fouly) so we had to make alternative plans. We decided to skip stage 5 and do a partial roundtrip day hike from Challet Val Ferret…

After another restful night we got up early had bread, jam, Nuttela and coffee. Finished packing and off we went at 7:30. Today there is a chance of rain. We have the choice of two trails. The main TMB that would take us back to 2500m that is supposed to be a gorgeous hike. The…

We needed to spend the night in Bourg-Saint Mauriceas since there were no beds in Les Chapieux. A 60 Euro taxi ride got us there. We found a pleasant hotel and had a good nights rest. We had a leisurely morning, had a nice lunch at a café by the side of the road. Back…