Ste. Genevieve is a French settlement founded in 1740 and is the oldest European settlement in Missouri.
Here you will find history, ambiance and charm and some wonderful food and wine. A lot of the charm can be seen thru the preservation of the settlement and the architecture of the historic buildings and homes in the area.
There is so much to explore in the downtown area but also in the surrounding countryside!
We highly recommend that you include Puerto Rico on any bucket list you are putting together. You’ll not be disappointed.
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Our visit was only a few short months after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. There were still a lot of indications of the extent of that damage around the capital of San Juan and all over the island, especially the central areas. We talked to many people in the hotels, restaurants, our UBER drivers, basically anyone who we encountered and heard so many stories about the hurricane and the after effects still taking place all over the island. Continue reading “Puerto Rico”
Grafton and Alton, IL along the Mississippi River
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…..making our way to the little town of Grafton and then a bit further to spend a night or two at the Pere Marquette Lodge, built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. We first learned of Pere Marquette a few years ago when they were offering something called the ‘Eagle’ Package from December through February. It included a night in either one of their hotel type rooms or even better one of their rustic stone cabins. The key word being rustic. They are somewhat dated, but have all the amenities you need and the bed guarantees a great night of sleep. We’ve always chosen the cabin. If you want to know more about this place, just let us know and we’d be delighted to share what we know. Continue reading “Great River Road”
Three-night itinerary in downtown Nashville
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There are always large groups of people having fun visiting the many honky tonks, restaurants and shopping spots on Broadway and Second Avenue. It’s amazing to see people pedaling the pedal bars and riding in the open top buses even when the temperature is in the thirties and forties.
We’ve been going there for the past fifteen years or so and every time we return, we are amazed with the explosion taking place in that city. There are buildings going up everywhere and the city is sprawling in every direction. Continue reading “Nashville – February 2020”
A four-day itinerary of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail
It is one of the most enjoyable things we’ve discovered, obviously, since we’ve done it a few times. We’re planning to do it again this year and will probably do it every other year or so until we can no longer make the drive. We live in southern Illinois, just east of St. Louis, so the drive to Louisville, Kentucky is only about four hours.
We combined our first trip to the Bourbon Trial with another stop we’d wanted to do for a very long time.
