France-Italy 10th Anniversary Trip Reflections

The prior four posts reflect on our recent travel experiences in words and pictures. This post is an easy-access index to these reports.

Our 10th Anniversary Trip was a thoroughly wonderful experience thanks to good weather, good accommodations, friendly fellow travelers, a largely interesting program, and independent exploration with my multi-lingual bride. Our few health concerns had essentially no impact on our enjoyment of the trip.

The complete trip report can be accessed via the following four links:

• Paris (tour and cousin visit)
• Saône/Rhône (river boat and bus tour)
• Camargue (independent study - birds)
• Venice (independent extension - sightseeing and friend visits)

Thanks to Debby for researching and planning the entire trip. We traveled light, each with only a carry-on and small tote/backpack. We bought washable underwear and 2-pairs of light washable travel pants each.

Debby brought her iPhone and I brought the iPad mini. We had free wi-fi available each night, and were able to Skype or pay-phone (I love nouns as verbs) our few necessary phone calls. The iPhone was in Airplane Mode the entire trip.

Debby says my trip reports are too long-winded. I can tell by that distant applause that you all agree. There are many photos, so just scanning the pictures could give a good sense of the places.