AliBey to Antalya to Istanbul to Nice…Travel Days
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 […]
Tag Archives: France
Perpignan, France
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 […]
Saint-Remy-de-Provence
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 […]
Pont du Gard & Arles
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 […]
Dentelles de Montmirail and Gigondas, Vaucluse, Provence
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 […]
Avignon: Palais des Papes & Walking the City Walls
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 […]
Girona!
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 […]
Bordeaux Champion & Avoir Bordeaux, Hola Espana
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 […]
Doubles Champions; Singles Final Saturday
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 Thursday; Singles Success; Slippery Clay!
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 Doubles Day
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 […]
Traveling…
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. […]
USIC Tennis Presidents’ Cup
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 […]
Beuvron-En-Auge and Seeing Caen
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,
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 […]
Paris to Rouen to Cabourg (Normandy)
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 […]
Paris! Bon Jour and Au Revoir
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 […]
Bordeaux Doubles Success
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 […]
Bordeaux Champion (not Champignon) in Three Sets
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, […]
Wednesday Final
The Bordeaux tournament doesn’t fool around..Lyn Mortimer (Australia) and I are already into the singles final, and afterwards will play doubles together. I played Sylvie from France today. She’s a […]
Bordeaux Monday, Fast Start
The 8th Annual Villa Primrose ITF Grade A Seniors Tournament began Monday July 16th.
Saturday Success in Spain
The Barcelona tournament came to an end yesterday, with finals played in most divisions followed by an awards ceremony. I won my singles over Carmen Chilleda from Madrid and was […]
Jeu de Paume, St. Chapelle, Wandering Paris
I had an earlier start today (which means I made it to breakfast before they stopped serving at 10:30..jet lag is real). Fortified by eggs and pain au chocolat, I […]
Paris: Museum & Wandering
Today I had a plan to go to the Musee d’Orsay and to find a Christmas market. I took the slow way to the museum, getting off the Metro about […]
Biking the Loire, Chartres Cathedral, Dinner in Paris
Tuesday was our last day in France and it was another busy one. We started with breakfast at a patisserie, followed by a bike ride about half as long as […]
Bicycling Along the Loire to Chambourd
Monday Erin, Hannah and I planned a bike ride to Chambourd Castle (Chateau de Chambourd, Loire-et-Cher, one of the grandest in France. It was around 20 kilometers to the castle, […]
Giant Sand Dune, Medieval Church
Sunday morning, Erin Boynton, her daughter Hannah and I packed up our rental car, thankfully left our nightmare of a rented apartment and took off for the Dune of Pilat. […]
Successful Saturday in Bordeaux
Saturday I played the 60 final in Bordeaux against Hildegarde Bruggaber from Austria. We played in the semis in Austria last month, so I knew her game pretty well. It […]
Playing into the Night Again!
It was a beautiful day in Bordeaux. We took the bus to the club midday and began a day of waiting to play. I was a “2nd match after a […]
Bordeaux Was Sizzling Today!
Today I played my first round match and our apartment adventures continued. My match was not before 5pm, but due to temps in the high 90s my 5pm match was […]