October 7, 2016
When we arrived at the Good Valley Farm in Montaigu last month, we were told to go directly to the potato field, where we waited to […]
October 1, 2016
Across the south of France, the river Lot forms a natural boundary running east-west for 300 miles and eventually connecting with other rivers to form a […]
September 29, 2016
The seasons are changing once again. And in this part of the world, that actually means something. Having spent more than 90 percent of my life […]
September 23, 2016
When I left off last time, we were being kindly escorted out of the Cantal chateau, with no hard feelings. As we later learned from our […]
September 15, 2016
It was a September 11th that we will never forget. We had just finished a leisurely stroll across some cattle grazing countryside of the Auvergne, just […]
September 9, 2016
The attached image displays a reasonably accurate map of our route from Styria (Austria’s southeast wine region) to Cantal (France’s south central cattle grazing and cheese […]
August 27, 2016
After a month of inhabiting the heart of Styrian wine country, I finally let myself succumb to the temptation. I’d hoped to find wine tasting opportunities […]
August 24, 2016
Stephen King once said that the road to hell is paved with adverbs. I have since discovered that the road to freedom is lined with towering […]
August 17, 2016
As the Olympic season sprints into action in other parts of the world, our Work-Away marathon continues, cross-country style, among the paradisal rolling hills of lower […]