Tag: europe
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Almost Under the Bridge, reporting February 28, 2026
Our condo is in New Orleans’ Lower Garden District. Fifteen minute’s walk towards downtown is an area I will call “Almost Under The Bridge” which I have been taking photos of for more than a year, trying to capture the intensity of walking or cycling through streets where an elevated highway plows through a historic…
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Cycling to Lyman and Gillian’s wedding; January 6, 2026
My readers may know Lyman from his years of accompanying me on bike trips. Living in Austin TX for thirty years he was originally from New Orleans where he maintains family connections. His partner Gillian whom he met in Austin coincidentally grew up in Durham NC and we have found we have mutual acquaintances. Gillian…
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Stopping for lunch while bicycling along a canal in France; September 30 – October 6, 2025
Over eight days my friend Lyman Labry and I continued a bike ride we had started the day before in southwest France. Me, of course, I was looking for French meals. The best seemed to be towards the end. French restaurants in small towns are not always easy to find. We were in Lyman’s mother’s…
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“My Dinner with Lyman” in small town France, September 30, 2025
Even at home, meals are important events in my day; sometimes the most important thing. Lyman and I faced an evening meal conundrum on the first night of our eight day bicycle tour of southwest France. I had big expectations. The French, they say, try to make every lunch, dinner or even breakfast as special…
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