Author Archives: Butch

The other day I was chatting with our friend Jenny Wertz. She said she heard a sound outside her house a little earlier and when she went out to see what it was, she spied an owl on their TV … Continue reading →

When we returned from our trip to Paris, I called my friend Ernie Rairdin to see if he was interested in helping me complete our DSEC (Digital Stereo Exchange Club) photo exchange that I hadn’t finished up before we left. … Continue reading →

July 12, 2009 After yesterday we slept in till 7:00! We had breakfast at the hotel then took Rouen’s Metro down into the old part of the city. It is more like a tram but it does go underground by … Continue reading →

July 11, 2009 We were up by 6:00 as usual and had breakfast and checked out of the hotel by 8:00. Off to the nearby bank machine and our daily infusion of euros, then off to Rouen. When doing my … Continue reading →

July 9, 2009 Today we began the second part of our vacation, a tour through Normandy. Our strategy for seeing the sights in Paris had been fairly simple. We planned one major museum per day, scheduled first thing in the … Continue reading →

July 7, 2009 Our decision to switch the Louvre and Versailles would come back to haunt us today. We arrived at the Louvre bright and early as is our strategy and noticed that practically no one was around. Great, we … Continue reading →

July 5, 2009 Today we planned to visit the Louvre. We got ready, had breakfast at the hotel and got on the Metro to the Louvre. We were there well before the nine o’clock opening time. But when we got … Continue reading →

July 4, 2009 OK! The vacation begins today. From reading all the guidebooks and watching the Rick Steves videos we knew that we needed to arrive at all our tourist destinations as soon as the doors opened in the morning. … Continue reading →