We’re in Avignon, France, where we’re exploring this amazing ancient city. Check out our photos…more to come!
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I am sick with envy!!! My husband Tom and I have such wonderful memories of Avignon – the doors… we were traveling by train, which often turned into a bus as we ventured into Languedoc and the Auverne in our search for our roots. We wanted to see Le Pont du Gard and even though we had read Rick Steve’s directions we ended up having to walk to the Pont from a bus drop a bit far away with no place to leave our luggage. Fortunately, we really do travel light! We enjoyed a fabulous morning with only a very few other tourists around viewing and imagining the past there. There may have been a tiny kiosk across the bridge where we could get drinks and post cards, I can not remember now, but if you go, take water.
Can not wait for you podcast.
We ventured on to Le Ville D’Uzes doing some geneaology work and ended up staying for three days. It was early spring and on market day I spend several hours sitting in the town square just watching. Buy lavender sachets, cheese, sausages, honey. One afternoon we just took pictures of doors.
We tracked down a man who had recently writte an historical fiction novel using one of Tom’s ancestors – Captain Merle (now Merrell or Merrill) – who came to our hotel for dinner (he spoke no English and I was pleased that my French went as far as it did in being able to communicate with him!). At his recommendation I ordered the pig’s feet. He said it was a local specialty and ranted on about American’s neglecting to eat, and enjoy, all of the parts of an animal and this missing out of the nutrition found in the connective tissues etc. I will go no further with that. It was a great experience and he told us a lot about our ancestor. All of us who come from european roots and are now American’s probably have ancestors who moved about Europe due to religious persecutions etc. The history of Europe and the church is our history and it is fascinating to look at.
We are loving it here and experiencing something truly Provencal — the mistral! It is cold and strong, but we’re still having a great time even as we battle the fierce winds.
Wow, that is really interesting about your genealogy research. We’re hoping to do a bit of that ourselves as we as we head into Italy and visit the little village where my grandfather came from. We’ll let you know how it goes!
Hi Guys,
Your photos made me green with envy. The weather looked absolutely perfect! The market place was particularly interesting to me. Do they have live cooking demonstrations? What were the little hats on the heads of the musicians?
That is definitely a part of France that I will look forward to seeing someday. Keep up the very professional podcasts.
Bonnie
I would be interested in knowing what kind of equipment you use to record/broadcast your podcast. Do you both sit with separate microphones? Are podcasts edited? You have a really great website and I have listened to your podcasts since the first one – at the DeYoung Museum. Be Safe – and Have Fun!
Ed
We have switched over to sharing the mic instead of each using one at the same time. The audio seems to work better that way and we don’t talk over each other as much. The episodes are edited.
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:53 am
I am sick with envy!!! My husband Tom and I have such wonderful memories of Avignon – the doors… we were traveling by train, which often turned into a bus as we ventured into Languedoc and the Auverne in our search for our roots. We wanted to see Le Pont du Gard and even though we had read Rick Steve’s directions we ended up having to walk to the Pont from a bus drop a bit far away with no place to leave our luggage. Fortunately, we really do travel light! We enjoyed a fabulous morning with only a very few other tourists around viewing and imagining the past there. There may have been a tiny kiosk across the bridge where we could get drinks and post cards, I can not remember now, but if you go, take water.
Can not wait for you podcast.
We ventured on to Le Ville D’Uzes doing some geneaology work and ended up staying for three days. It was early spring and on market day I spend several hours sitting in the town square just watching. Buy lavender sachets, cheese, sausages, honey. One afternoon we just took pictures of doors.
We tracked down a man who had recently writte an historical fiction novel using one of Tom’s ancestors – Captain Merle (now Merrell or Merrill) – who came to our hotel for dinner (he spoke no English and I was pleased that my French went as far as it did in being able to communicate with him!). At his recommendation I ordered the pig’s feet. He said it was a local specialty and ranted on about American’s neglecting to eat, and enjoy, all of the parts of an animal and this missing out of the nutrition found in the connective tissues etc. I will go no further with that. It was a great experience and he told us a lot about our ancestor. All of us who come from european roots and are now American’s probably have ancestors who moved about Europe due to religious persecutions etc. The history of Europe and the church is our history and it is fascinating to look at.
Enough – can’t wait for the podcast.
Pat
March 24th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Hi Pat,
We are loving it here and experiencing something truly Provencal — the mistral! It is cold and strong, but we’re still having a great time even as we battle the fierce winds.
Wow, that is really interesting about your genealogy research. We’re hoping to do a bit of that ourselves as we as we head into Italy and visit the little village where my grandfather came from. We’ll let you know how it goes!
-Scott
March 25th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Hi Guys,
Your photos made me green with envy. The weather looked absolutely perfect! The market place was particularly interesting to me. Do they have live cooking demonstrations? What were the little hats on the heads of the musicians?
That is definitely a part of France that I will look forward to seeing someday. Keep up the very professional podcasts.
Bonnie
March 26th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
I would be interested in knowing what kind of equipment you use to record/broadcast your podcast. Do you both sit with separate microphones? Are podcasts edited? You have a really great website and I have listened to your podcasts since the first one – at the DeYoung Museum. Be Safe – and Have Fun!
Ed
March 29th, 2007 at 8:37 am
Hi Ed,
I’ve just added a page about our podcast kit.
We have switched over to sharing the mic instead of each using one at the same time. The audio seems to work better that way and we don’t talk over each other as much. The episodes are edited.
Thanks for listening!
-Scott