Visit Versailles THEN go to Vaux le Vicomte and see where it all started!! Looking forward to returning in spring!!

Louis XIV visited this chateau in 1661, owned by the Finance Minister, and was so enraged that the royal palace was not as...palatial... he imprisoned the owner and moved on in. Lots of royal intrigue!!

Jean Charles, one of the three brothers who are the current owners. They grew up in the chateau!!

Holiday celebrations were in full swing when our Uniworld group visited

Linda and Dave during our winter tour

One of the amazingly well preserved frescoes. So old yet still so stunning!!

A room in the spacious kitchen

Part of the wine cellar

Vivid colors!!

One of the many restored carriages

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In Aruba, a shopping haven ... for the ladies

I came upon this scene in Aruba, but it’s a universal phenomenon. The women shop and the men look for a place to sit. This would be a good entry for a funny parody account on Instagram called “Shopping With Their Ladies: The Miserable Men of Instagram.” A couple of years ago, a mall in Shanghai introduced “husband rest cabins”, spaces with comfortable leather chairs and video games where husbands could relax while their wives shop to their heart’s content. It wasn’t quite so fancy in Aruba.

Experience Ireland in a whole new way.

Please join us as we explore the history of Ireland's authors and poets. visit some beautiful places, meet bookshop owners, stay in lovely hotels and enjoy the food and drink of the Emerald Isle. Check out the link below for all the details. Antiquarian Literary Tour of Ireland. 10-14-2020 (1).docx

What better place to grow beautiful things than in a garden?

By Linda Foxlow I had not known what to expect when we went to the home of the impressionist painter Claude Monet in Giverny, France in March 2023. I had, of course, seen pictures, and Monet’s beautiful paintings. But the gardens themselves defy description. I’m using this glimpse of a small part of the gardens and the window through which the artist viewed his incredible setting to announce a new endeavor. We travel extensively each year, and there are abundant opportunities to see some of the world’s most beautiful places. Naturally, I try to capture some small part of that as we travel. It was suggested that we ought to share some of those images from time to time, and so that is what we are doing. You can find this images and a few we have posted on Fine Art America . We’ll be adding more later. We hope you like them. We’d love to see your comments below.

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