This ain't no flyover country

As mentioned previously, today I was planning to hike part of the Chemin de Stevenson trail. This came about when the writer Robert Louis Stevenson was staying in France for his health. He met an America woman, Fanny Van de Grift, who was estranged from her husband in the US. they became lovers, but then she returned to the US leaving him heart broken. Some stories suggest she told him to take a hike, and that is what he did. The entire walk is 120 miles through the mountain

An historic nor’easter was running up the east coast burying it in feet of snow. Delta offered me the option to rebook on a later flight for free. A chance to stay longer? Yes, I’ll take that over getting stranded somewhere potentially. Flights were already full for Wednesday, so that moved me to Thursday. The Hotel Regina was able to accommodate us even though they were fully booked Tuesday night. So I did not hurry out of bed, but Amy did have to get to class. After I got

Another ancient city that the Romans dominated for some time, Orange only became officially part of France in 1717! The name does not come from the fruit but rather from an evolution from a pre-Celtic name to the Latin Aurasio which is thought to be how it morphed to Orange. Aurasio was the name of the restaurant where we had dinner the night before, so history lives on. The main sites here are the Roman theater and a mini Arc de Triumph. Since it was Sunday all sites were c