It’s confirmed. I am really sick, and I need some help from a doctor. Patrise worked with the local operations coordinator for Mid America Productions, Maude, to make arrangements for an Urgent Care physician to visit me at the hotel. (We were astounded that we could actually get a doctor to come to the hotel, rather than having to go to an emergency room. What a fantastic convenience!) I did not sleep well again last night due to breathing difficulties – waking up at 3:13

Today began before 7 am. I did not sleep well, and due to the time differences and jet lag, I woke up twice in the middle (2:30am and 4:30am) of the night and much too early (4:30am). Patrise was awakened by me the second time, and the two of us decided to go to the early breakfast seating around 7:15 a.m. prior to my 8:30 a.m. rehearsal. Rehearsals are the theme of this trip to Paris. Everything is scheduled around a rehearsal. The rehearsals run 2.5 to 4 hours each. Toda

Days 1 and 2, June 6, 2026 Departure from Atlanta and Arrival in Paris June 7, 2026 Today, Patrise and I left home around 2:30 p.m. to take a 6:00 p.m. flight on Delta to Paris. I am going to perform with the Trey Clegg Singers (TCS), and Patrise is traveling to accompany me. This will be my 3rd trip to Paris and Patrise’s 4th, but I feel that you see and learn something new each time you go to Paris. Thus the title for this trip and series of blogposts: Paris 3.0 or 4.

We thought that we were on our way to the airport around 2:40 pm for a 4:19 pm flight. Our taxicab driver had advised us that this was...

View of the infinity pool and ocean at Maria Restaurant, in Sosua Ocean Village Today was a day in which we did very little. I woke up...

A map overview of our day trip: from Sosua to Maimon and back Today, we took a tour of parts of the DR. Our usual driver, Felix, was...

Barry, Deborah, Patrise and Doug hanging out at Sosua beach Today really could be summarized very easily and succinctly: Had breakfast,...

City sign welcoming people to Sosua, Dominican Republic We arose before the crack of dawn in Atlanta -- 4:30am to be precise -- to...

Random thoughts about the trip… Canadians were very polite and hospitable, despite all of the insults (51st state) and aggravations...

We started this day, the earliest we have started any day of the trip. Since our flight was a 9:30am departure, and since we expected to...

Our pilot gives a talk before we fly to Victoria (Vancouver Island), British Columbia We started this day early. We had to be at the...

Eating breakfast at Meliches Cafe, while awaiting clothes to wash. Today would be almost a light as yesterday. Patrise woke up not...

Waiting for our couples' massage to begin This day would be a quiet and relatively uneventful one. We went to a local breakfast café...

Both of us are still amazed and approve of the ways in which the Canadian nation is trying to address the wrongs of its past and the many...

This is where the Thompson River (greenish) flows into the larger, Fraser River (brownish). The topography of the adjacent lands change...

Today, we awoke early to catch a train to Kamloops, where we will spend the night. We boarded the bus to the train station at 7:00 a.m....

Today is another day of relaxation on our wonderful trip. We had decided last night that we would skip the gondola tour trip this...

We don’t know if it is the mountain air or the beginning of our 12th day of traveling, but we are tired! In addition to the mountain...

View of Lake Louise from the Fairmont Hotel's Fairview Restaurant The title sums it up. Today was a day full of seeing, smelling,...

A map of the two lakes we visited during our evening wildlife tour. Marmots, mule deer, elk, but no bear, no moose. Today was a day we...