Morning in the food markets of Bologna. Travel in our rented Fiat 500 across the Apennine mountain range. Glorious vistas culminating in our arrival at Waldensian retreat center, Casa Cares in Tuscany.
Category: Food and Drink
Sabbatical Day 78 – 30th Day of Ordinary Time – Bologna, Italy
We fell in love with the city of Bologna. The oldest university in the world with bookstores on every corner. Food. Faulty towers leaning over archways of grace. Did we mention really good food?
Sabbatical Day 73 – 25th Day of Ordinary Time – Arles, France
Train delays kept us home in Arles for a windy day of “Le Mistral”. Yet it was a great market day and chance to peruse all the local shops and fare. – Concerned for all our friends in the Chicago blizzard!
Sabbatical Day 69 – 21st Day of Ordinary Time – Arles, France
Rainy day for reading, laundry, eating, photography, antiquity, and a visit to the hospital where Vincent Van Gogh recuperated.
Sabbatical Day 68 – 20th Day of Ordinary Time – (Aix-en-Provence) Arles, France
Day trip to Aix-En-Provence and a wonderful meal at the “Philosopher’s Cafe”. Classic painted doors of Provence, wider boulevards, and an interesting museum with some Cezanne to fill out the day.
Sabbatical Day 59 – 11th Day of Ordinary Time – Paris, France
Good day walking around Paris, seeing old friend Scott Herr, Pastor of the American Church. Thoroughly battered feet by day’s end!
Sabbatical Day 31 – 25th Day of Advent – (Winchester) Bluemont, Virginia
A day of gatherings with grandmother Peggy and amongst neighbors of Bluemont, Virginia.
Sabbatical Day 1 – 211th Day after Pentecost – Libertyville, Illinois
A grey, restful day – perfect for pumpkins … and doughnuts …
Brian R. Paulson 