This ain't no flyover country

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

I woke up hungry after my measly dinner and fortunately, Amy did too having recovered from the mussels episode. Our host Emmanuel, told us we could leave whenever we want because he did not have anyone coming in behind us. So, Amy did some research and found a place called Coffee Yox Yukon—not a name you would expect in a city that dates back to forever. The food was Americanized French; we both had egg burgers. I changed it up this morning and had a cortado instead of my us