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Marqueyssac Gardens
Is this how you enjoy great wine? For our final touristy day in France was spent at the amazing Marqueyssac Gardens . This is just a few kilometers outside of Sarlat and we started the visit off with a picnic that was overlooking 4 different castles while...

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Sarlat market
During our last two days in France, we took a bunch of photos. This first group, which has been drastically paired down, is from the Sarlat market and the medieval town itself. This was an amazing place, and we would have loved to spend more time here...

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More France photos - Cahors
In an effort to keep you all from French overload, here is another batch of photos from our France trip, all in small bite size piece. This particular day was spent wine touring two hours south of our house, in the region of Cahors. They've been making...

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Perigeux and a pair of wines
I'm here hanging with my good friend, Jim Goodman , raiding his wine cellar. We just finished an amazing 1982 Stags' Leap Petit Sirah and going on to the 1969 Robert Mondavi Cabernet , this all after nursing a hangover from the Pearl Jam show...

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Wine touring and Aquariums
In my next installment of photos from France, we spent a day visiting wineries in Bergerac (see Chateau D'Elle above). The wine from there is very light, almost of a rosé quality. It's good, but it is not my typical choice of wine. In fact, I...

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Chateau Hautefort
As is typical with my trips, my server went down, however this time for the right reasons (core overheated). Thus, I stopped posting halfway thru our trip. Now that I'm home, all is good. We have a bunch of photos and notes from our adventure in France...

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Markets and Castles
Lazy days lead to time at the Sunday market in Saint Cyprien and exploration of the Chateau de Beynac. I also discovered I'm getting marginally better taking photos with my tiny point and shoot camera.

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Resting in the French Countryside
We finally got a chance to take a real vacation as a family. This time one of our friends lent us his farmhouse in Dordogne region of France, which is where I am now. I forgot how nice it was to have a child in Europe. As we traveled thru Paris on Air...

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Summit of Mont Blanc - the last mile
This post is part trip report, part personal. This was a very difficult, but incredibly special climb for me. Sorry this is long, but that's what happens when you do something life changing. The story behind this summit attempt actually starts 7 years...

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The power of one
This post is originally from July 26th. Yesterday I was sitting at a Cafe eating a pizza for dinner, when I was overcome with emotion. You see, a certain little someone, who is in her own world now, beckoned to me again. For some reason, at weird times...

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