The Trail's Our Thing

This past Monday I met a virtual friend from Slow Travel-- Trishmael from Baton Rouge-- and her husband Gary here at the Carrefour Bar. Trish is no longer just a virtual friend-- she's one of many wonderful people from Slow Travel that I've met in person here in Europe and in the USA. Trish is here to sample Provence while attending a conference, and they're staying just a few blocks away at La Maison de Carlotta where I spent my first two nights. I really enjoyed our visit-- just too short. And they brought me a big bag of pecans! We're thinking of hosting some French friends for an American dinner one night, so perhaps a pecan pie will be on our menu.

Thursday afternoon I was here once again at the Carrefour Bar. When I arrived. I wondered how the rest of Trish and Gary's week had gone. It would have been good to see them again, but I knew they had much less time than me-- and much of Provence to experience for the first time. A few minutes later I looked up from my ordinateur... and voila! There were Trish and Gary! They sat down and ordered coffees, and we finished up our visit. I asked Gary to take this photo of Trish and me:

Trishmael and Kaydee at the Carrefour Bar

Trish said this was the first time Gary had ever taken a picture with a digital camera... he did great, didn't he? I think Trish and Gary will definitely come back to France, and I foresee much more travel in their future.

I like running into people I know here in Aix!