Thursday, August 21, 2025

Two Weeks to Go

Hello again!  I'm just setting up the blog early since I know things will be getting too hectic the closer we get to the trip.  Yes--as the blog title implies--we're doing another slow travel trip, this time to Spain, France, and Belgium.  If I did it right, here's a map that should be interactive:

We've been to Spain twice before, and regular readers will know that this second "slow" visit is so that Fe can finish up the dental tourism we started on the last slow travel trip (I'm due for a cleaning too).  We've been to France twice before too, but those were just quick stops--one night in Perpignan in 2017, and two nights in Paris on our 2023 Viking Cruise trip (see "It Takes a Viking" blog).  Belgium will be our new country this time.

So just a quick intro now, but I'll post more if something interesting happens beforehand.

Lyon, France's Gastronomy Capital (Nov 7, 2025)

We left Annecy by bus ( Flixbus ) for the roughly two-hour trip to Lyon.  I'm glad we transferred here last week when we went to Annecy-...