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Southern France
After more than a week without wifi, we're finally connected again! We left Northern France on Wednesday and drove to Beziers in the Languedoc region near the Spanish border. Harrison, the third Hunt boy just finished his senior year of high school in this city and had an amazing experience. We were thrilled to meet up with him. One of his host families lives in a chateau on a vineyard...
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We might as well be traveling by "antique sled"
Just when we didn’t think any more was possible, several more inches of snow came falling down upon us. The driving since we have been here has been a real challenge. If it isn’t snow on the ground and in the sky, then it’s fog so thick, you can’t even tell where the ground ends and the sky begins. We’ve never seen France like this before! 
Today was another exciting day visiting several cold... View full article →
The city of Toulouse-Lautrec
We took the day off to go to Albi, the home city of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the painter who created the posters for the Moulin Rouge in Paris. The Toulouse-Lautrec museum was a feast for the eyes inside and out.
A day off didn’t stop us from finding a few small treasures to bring home with us.
A large bronze repousse cachepot, c. 1860.
A whimsical plate from the nineteenth century
A St. Louis...
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A Day in Spain
Today was all vacation—not a single stop for “antiquités.” We drove over the Spanish border to visit the Salvador Dali museum in Figueras, a fabulous art museum created by the artist himself before his death. The rest of the day we spent exploring the Costa Brava where dramatic views of the mountains and the Mediterranean Sea recharged our batteries for getting back to work tomorrow.
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