The themes for this week-long tour across the south of France were Neanderthals, early humans, and prehistoric painted caves. As someone who has a degree in art and has studied art history, I signed up for the cave art. But we had one more day to go before we found those places. I would learnContinue reading “Saintes, Saint-Césaire”
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Bordeaux
The heart of this September 2025 Europe trip was a tour across the south of France to visit prehistoric cave paintings (blogs to come). We were to meet early in the morning at the Bordeaux airport and travel from there. So I booked a stay at a hotel near the airport and planned a dayContinue reading “Bordeaux”
Barcelona
Some artists take generations to have their works completed. Antonin Gaudi, whose art and architecture grace Barcelona, was one of them. I hadn’t been to Barcelona for twenty-four years. But after spending a week in Spain (Madrid, Alhama), it beckoned. I had heard that there were recent protests against tourists, because it was overrun withContinue reading “Barcelona”