So after all my exploring to find a place to see the ceremony without a ticket, and I thought I had found such a place, none of it worked out. But that was not a problem because there were dedicated areas along the river for just that. It wasn’t like the ticketed areas with nice…

Two days before the ceremonies I did a ton of exploring to figure out where to see the ceremonies without a ticket, which cost more than I wish to pay. About 10 days ago I applied for and received a pass jeux. This is a QR code that arrived in an email, and allows me…

I got on a train in Tournon – Tain l’Hermitage and headed south to Marseille. Alexa was also in the process of flying there from Madrid. Her flight didn’t arrive until 8:00 something that night, so I got there first. I hopped on the Metro from the train station and figured out which stop was…

My stay in Sarrebourg is done and I had to get to my next destination : a horse farm in the Ardèche area of the Rhône river. This is an Air BnB property consisting of a small cottage, like a manufactured home I guess, next to a stable. The main house is also nearby. There…

One of my intentions for coming here was to find Oma’s grave, pay respects, maybe put flowers on it, make it look good, etc. Because I had a feeling nobody had ever done any of those things. Oma had friends at that time but they are long gone now. And certainly nobody from the United…

I’m finally here in Sarrebourg. I wanted to re-create the trip Grandma and I did here in 1976 but it’s not quite so easy. For example, we flew TWA (which no longer exists) and connected in New York for the overnight flight to Paris. Then we got a taxi straight to La Gare de l’Est,…