Van Gogh @ the Musee D’Orsay; Walk Through the Tuileries & More: Last Day in Paris
Yesterday, Sunday, was our last day in Paris. Tim and Tracey went up the Arc de Triomphe, to see Napolean’s Tomb, and to the Louvre. Susan and I went to […]
Yesterday, Sunday, was our last day in Paris. Tim and Tracey went up the Arc de Triomphe, to see Napolean’s Tomb, and to the Louvre. Susan and I went to […]
Today was a much better one, for me anyway, than yesterday. I had 12 hours of sleep and woke up feeling much better and even a bit hungry, though I […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
The 8th Annual Villa Primrose ITF Grade A Seniors Tournament began Monday July 16th.
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 […]
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 […]