June 21.  I awoke excited to join my friends in Zebegeny for an evening solstice trip to the island.  This was organized by Maruska and Endre, who seemed to be […]

It was the eve of June 20, summer solstice, and I was in fairy land.  I had started to climb to the lookout above Zebegeny and had decided to continue […]

June 14.  I woke to find Luis scraping paint off his window frames. He has big plans to repaint his house, winterize the windows, clear furniture to expose the chimney, […]

June 8. The day after my first surgery of the trip, I slept fairly well, given that I was in a hostel with a drunk girl in my room who […]

June 4. I awoke in Bad Bellingen and wrote for a few hours.  I probably should have waited till reaching my friend’s the next day, but felt that my memories […]

I left Bordeaux heading in the direction of Geneva, driving for hours for an adequate camp site.  The corridor between Lyon and Paris is quite industrial (especially relative to the […]

June 1. Thanks to the few trees on the outskirts of the Château near a few miles from the center of Bordeaux, I was able to actually sleep through the […]

May 26. After writing for a few hours I crossed the Eiffel style bridge and decided to go for a walk along the Dordogne between Floriac and Carennac. I found […]