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France
Episode XII - June/July 2022
As countries in Europe go, France appears to have won the lottery. It is the largest country in Europe, about the size of Texas, yet filled with beautiful castles, villages, historic sites, the highest mountains in Europe, extraordinary cuisine, and more.
Join us for what promises to be a particularly beautiful stretch along the Road to Bali.


Notre Voyage Est Terminé
July 11, 2022 “At the next roundabout, take the second exit…” - By far the most common phrase we heard from Google maps on this long...
Glenn Dobbs
Jul 11, 20223 min read
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To Top It Off
July 8, 2022 ”Although I deeply love oceans, deserts and other wild landscapes, it is only mountains that beckon me with that sort of...
Glenn Dobbs
Jul 9, 20225 min read
54 views
0 comments


Dichotomous Travel
July 6, 2022 “Oh thank God, we are back to the France I like…” - Colleen Dobbs How can any reasonable person complain about being on the...
Glenn Dobbs
Jul 6, 20222 min read
31 views
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Some Things Are Louder Than Chickens
July 3, 2022 “….waving through a window” — Dear Evan Hansen It was the quality of the cars that I first noticed. This was not a casual...
Glenn Dobbs
Jul 3, 20225 min read
34 views
0 comments


The Last Day in Illyria
July 1, 2022 “So it goes on, a lament for a simpler, cheaper, less crowded world that may or may not have existed except in nostalgic...
Glenn Dobbs
Jul 1, 20223 min read
24 views
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The Undiscovered Country - 6 days in Provence
“And, as for the oil, it is a masterpiece. You’ll see. Before dinner that night, we tested it, dripping it onto slices of bread that had...
Glenn Dobbs
Jun 30, 20228 min read
25 views
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La Cite
“Yet could I these two days have spent. While still the autumn sweetly shone, Ah me! I might have died content when I looked on...
Glenn Dobbs
Jun 25, 20222 min read
18 views
0 comments

This Is Us
“We then wed our lithofacies analysis with systematic detrital zircon sampling to assess the role depositional environments play on...
Glenn Dobbs
Jun 24, 20223 min read
36 views
0 comments


The Dordogne and Something for Doug
“When I married Eleanor, I thought: ‘You lucky man. The richest woman in the world. She owns the Aquitaine, the greatest province on the...
Glenn Dobbs
Jun 23, 20224 min read
22 views
0 comments


Souviens-Toi
“Oradour was not a crime due to madness but the logic of a system. We must remember this not to see it again, we must live and build a...
Glenn Dobbs
Jun 21, 20223 min read
31 views
0 comments


Notre Voyage Est Terminé
July 11, 2022 “At the next roundabout, take the second exit…” - By far the most common phrase we heard from Google maps on this long...
Glenn Dobbs
Jul 11, 20223 min read
36 views
0 comments

To Top It Off
July 8, 2022 ”Although I deeply love oceans, deserts and other wild landscapes, it is only mountains that beckon me with that sort of...
Glenn Dobbs
Jul 9, 20225 min read
54 views
0 comments


Dichotomous Travel
July 6, 2022 “Oh thank God, we are back to the France I like…” - Colleen Dobbs How can any reasonable person complain about being on the...
Glenn Dobbs
Jul 6, 20222 min read
31 views
0 comments

Some Things Are Louder Than Chickens
July 3, 2022 “….waving through a window” — Dear Evan Hansen It was the quality of the cars that I first noticed. This was not a casual...
Glenn Dobbs
Jul 3, 20225 min read
34 views
0 comments


The Last Day in Illyria
July 1, 2022 “So it goes on, a lament for a simpler, cheaper, less crowded world that may or may not have existed except in nostalgic...
Glenn Dobbs
Jul 1, 20223 min read
24 views
0 comments

The Undiscovered Country - 6 days in Provence
“And, as for the oil, it is a masterpiece. You’ll see. Before dinner that night, we tested it, dripping it onto slices of bread that had...
Glenn Dobbs
Jun 30, 20228 min read
25 views
0 comments


La Cite
“Yet could I these two days have spent. While still the autumn sweetly shone, Ah me! I might have died content when I looked on...
Glenn Dobbs
Jun 25, 20222 min read
18 views
0 comments

This Is Us
“We then wed our lithofacies analysis with systematic detrital zircon sampling to assess the role depositional environments play on...
Glenn Dobbs
Jun 24, 20223 min read
36 views
0 comments


The Dordogne and Something for Doug
“When I married Eleanor, I thought: ‘You lucky man. The richest woman in the world. She owns the Aquitaine, the greatest province on the...
Glenn Dobbs
Jun 23, 20224 min read
22 views
0 comments


Souviens-Toi
“Oradour was not a crime due to madness but the logic of a system. We must remember this not to see it again, we must live and build a...
Glenn Dobbs
Jun 21, 20223 min read
31 views
0 comments


Notre Voyage Est Terminé
July 11, 2022 “At the next roundabout, take the second exit…” - By far the most common phrase we heard from Google maps on this long...
Glenn Dobbs
Jul 11, 20223 min read
36 views
0 comments

To Top It Off
July 8, 2022 ”Although I deeply love oceans, deserts and other wild landscapes, it is only mountains that beckon me with that sort of...
Glenn Dobbs
Jul 9, 20225 min read
54 views
0 comments


Dichotomous Travel
July 6, 2022 “Oh thank God, we are back to the France I like…” - Colleen Dobbs How can any reasonable person complain about being on the...
Glenn Dobbs
Jul 6, 20222 min read
31 views
0 comments

Some Things Are Louder Than Chickens
July 3, 2022 “….waving through a window” — Dear Evan Hansen It was the quality of the cars that I first noticed. This was not a casual...
Glenn Dobbs
Jul 3, 20225 min read
34 views
0 comments


The Last Day in Illyria
July 1, 2022 “So it goes on, a lament for a simpler, cheaper, less crowded world that may or may not have existed except in nostalgic...
Glenn Dobbs
Jul 1, 20223 min read
24 views
0 comments

The Undiscovered Country - 6 days in Provence
“And, as for the oil, it is a masterpiece. You’ll see. Before dinner that night, we tested it, dripping it onto slices of bread that had...
Glenn Dobbs
Jun 30, 20228 min read
25 views
0 comments


La Cite
“Yet could I these two days have spent. While still the autumn sweetly shone, Ah me! I might have died content when I looked on...
Glenn Dobbs
Jun 25, 20222 min read
18 views
0 comments

This Is Us
“We then wed our lithofacies analysis with systematic detrital zircon sampling to assess the role depositional environments play on...
Glenn Dobbs
Jun 24, 20223 min read
36 views
0 comments


The Dordogne and Something for Doug
“When I married Eleanor, I thought: ‘You lucky man. The richest woman in the world. She owns the Aquitaine, the greatest province on the...
Glenn Dobbs
Jun 23, 20224 min read
22 views
0 comments


Souviens-Toi
“Oradour was not a crime due to madness but the logic of a system. We must remember this not to see it again, we must live and build a...
Glenn Dobbs
Jun 21, 20223 min read
31 views
0 comments
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