Paris..a Different Sort of Adventure
Yesterday we left Avignon in the wee hours. The days here are getting shorter…Daylight Savings ends tomorrow…but for now sunrise is around 8:15 or so. We loaded up the car […]
Yesterday we left Avignon in the wee hours. The days here are getting shorter…Daylight Savings ends tomorrow…but for now sunrise is around 8:15 or so. We loaded up the car […]
Today was a busy one for Susan, Tracey and Tim, who went to the Palais du Papes and walking around the town for hours. I got caught up on photos, […]
Yesterday, Wednesday, was a busy sightseeing day. We drove (Susan) first to Pont du Gard, an ancient Roman aqueduct, quite well preserved and an extremely impressive feat of engineering. It […]
Tuesday we (by we I mean Susan) drove to Avignon, via Aix en Provence. It was raining hard when we left Nice, and there was a massive traffic jam due […]
Monday Oct 23 we (by we I mean Susan) drove to Monaco to look at the palace, see the changing of the guards and visit the cathedral where among others […]
Susan and Tim Wright, Tracey Thompson and I left Font de sa Cala in the wee hours yesterday, Tim and Tracey took a bus and we drove (no room for […]
Things I learned I did watch some players practicing Monday, especially Sinner but also saw Dimitrov, Novak, and doubles players. After watching the practices, I watched Cressy/Berrettini (Cressy was funneling […]
I attended the Monte Carlo Open, ATP 1000 for the first time yesterday, and it was a lot of fun. It’s been on my bucket list for a long time, […]
Saturday I left Ali Bey midday to go to the Antalya airport. I changed my flight to an earlier one…and the travel agency working for the tournament said I could […]
October 23, 2022 Just over the Spanish border en route to Barcelona Today we are driving to Barcelona from Avignon. We said good bye to Avignon this morning and to […]
October 23, 2023 Somewhere between Avignon and the French Spanish border. Yesterday we drove to Les Beaux France which is officially (1999) one of the most beautiful villages in France. […]
October 21, 2022 Avignon, Provence, France Today was a bit rainy and a bit slow but a lot of fun. Sidney and I went to the market halle while Sonya […]
October 21, 2022 Avignon, Provence, France Yesterday my cousins Sidney, Sonya and I visited the Pont du Gard and the city of Arles. Pont du Gard is a Roman aqueduct […]
Wednesday October 19, 2022 Avignon, Provence, France Today, Day 4 of the Cousins 2022 Trip, Sidney, Sonya and I went hiking, visited the village of Gigondas and went to a […]
Tuesday October 18, 2022 Avignon, France Today started with a trip to the market hall and grocery store. The market was interesting and we bought delicious bread, some nice apples […]
October 17, 2022 Cousins’ Trip Day 2, Girona, Spain Monday we toured Girona, Spain. We started by crossing the Eiffel Bridge a red bridge that is picturesque and also has […]
Bunyola, Mallorca, Spain Today was another travel day. I flew from Bordeaux (did you know that in Europe, some airlines…looking at you Vueling…charge for bags by the leg, not by […]
Bordeaux, France Sue Bartlett and I played the 60s final today and finally played on Court 1, which was a good court! We were the 4th match after 9am (and […]
Bordeaux, France It was another lovely day in Bordeaux. Sue Bartlett and I were rescheduled to the 6th match after 8:30 (not before 2pm)…we got on around 5pm. We played […]
Bordeaux, France I played my second round robin match today against Carmen Lang, who just won the Spanish closed nationals in the 60s. We were the 2nd match after 11am […]
Bordeaux, France Today was a pretty relaxing one since I only had one doubles match, 2nd match on court 9 after 2pm. We started around 3:30 or so I think […]
Bordeaux, France, Wednesday (WiFi was down Tuesday….) After a long weekend watching my nephew getting married (The Carmel Mission Church is beautiful as was the wedding), I drove to SFO. […]
The International Club (IC) is a tennis organization originally founded by the United States and Great Britain…today it consists of about 30 countries. It’s a way for mostly high level […]
Cabourg, Normandy, France, Thursday Morning August 6, 2018 Good morning! Yesterday was a busy one…tennis, sight-seeing, meeting up with IC friends and dinner. It was a drizzly Wednesday, but on […]
Cabourg, Normandy, France, September 4, 2018 It was back to tennis today for Erika and me. We had a long practice session (focusing on serves). I then introduced Erika to […]
Tuesday September 4, Cabourg, Normandy, France Monday we left Paris after renting a car and buying the obligatory baguette in Paris. First stop was Rouen, a little over an hour […]
Champs d”Elysee ✔️ Eiffel Tower at night ✔️ Notre Dame at sunset ✔️ Arc d’Triomphe 7 Walk to Roland Garros ✔️ Bois de Boulogne ✔️ Moules Frites ✔️ Carrot Salad […]
Today started off well. I woke up early and went to the club to run wind sprints. I almost didn’t since I was supposed to get to Frankfurt at 4pm […]
Lyn Mortimer and I played the 2nd seeds in the doubles yesterday and won 61 61, but the match was a bit closer than that score would indicate. We had […]
Today was all tennis in Bordeaux (as opposed to other days which were 90% tennis). I played Lyn Mortimer from Australia (whom I played in the Essen final). In France, […]