James Gaston

I'm James and this is my blog. Here you'll find travelogues most likely of no interest to you. But if you insist on looking you may notice some are posted in real time (for ex. Paris, 2019 Biennale, 2022 Biennale) and some are posted after the fact (Dolomites hiking, Cappadocia by balloon). Doesn't matter much but don't be confused.

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In October 2022 we flew into Bordeaux and then visited Sarlat-la-Canéda, Carcassonne, Arles, Como, and then Venice.

During a lull in variants we went to Paris where we checked out some of the lesser-known museums. 22 Oct – 2 Dec 2021.

Several years ago we spent 9 days hiking the Dolomites which is in northeastern Italy. We stayed at seven charming Rifugios (mountain huts turned hotels) and one pretty mountain town: Fodara, Fanes, Scotoni, Cinque Torri, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Staulanza, Tissi, and Sebastiano. Like the Haute Route, it's a photographic step-by-step so expect a slow photo-a-day pace plus maps. The travelogue is interrupted between Fanes and Scotini for a visit to Paris.

Is beautiful Swiss town redundant? Zermatt is also car free. 31 May – 14 June 2021.

We hiked the Haute Route, from France to Switzerland. The hike begins in Chamonix passes through Trient, Champex Lac, Cabane de Louvie, Cabane de Prafleuri, Evolene, Grimentz, Gruben, Grachen, and then it ends in lovely Zermatt. The Louvie to Prafleurie and Gruben to Grachen legs are especially scenic. 5 Jan – 30 May 2021.

I rode the cable-car from Chamonix to the Aiguille du Midi and to Pointe Helbronner. 19 Dec – 3 Jan 2021.

A drive from Luxembourg City to Burg Rheinfels in Germany. 21 Nov – 16 Dec 2020.

By train, bus, and ferry to Delft, Giethoorn, Ten Post, Groningen, and Schermonnikoog in The Netherlands. 3 Oct – 12 Nov 2020.

The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, in a balloon over Cappadocia, the Turkish coastal town of Cesme, and the ruins of Ephesus. 16 Aug – 13 Sep 2020.

A tour of places found on scanned film negatives. 12 June – 24 Jul 2020.

There's lots of art at the Venice 2019 Biennale. 5 – 15 Nov 2019.

A stay on Guidecca in Venice. 1 – 15 Nov 2019.

A Sardinian road trip with stops in Cagliari, Ulassai, Orosei, Alghero, Bosa, and San Pantaleo. 14 – 31 Oct 2019.

A visit to Ubud and a water temple on Bali. 25 Feb – 8 Mar 2019.

Chiang Mai and then the train to Bangkok, in Thailand. 12 – 24 Feb 2019.

San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. 7 – 24 Nov 2018.

The Yucatan's Merida in Mexico. 26 Oct – 5 Nov 2018.

A visit to Lyon in France. 13 – 17 Oct 2017.

A train and car trip around beautiful Corsica, with stops at Bastia, Ajaccio, Zonza, and Bonifacio. 26 Sept – 12 Oct 2017.

The colourful ogoh-ogoh parade in Ubud. 27 Mar 2017.

So many festivals in Ubud, Bali. 23 Mar – 13 Apr 2017.

Around Greece by train, bus, car, and ferry, with stops in Naxos, Santorini, Monemvasia, Hydra, and Nafplio. 10 Oct – 2 Nov 2016.

Spain and Portugal by train, bus, and car, with stops in Madrid, Granada, Ronda, Tarifa and Tangier, Marvao, Evora, and Lisbon. 7 Oct – 1 Nov 2015.

Southern Italy by train, with stops in Naples, Sorrento, Sentiero degli Dei, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Capri, Amalfi, Taormina, Siracusa, Ragusa, and Palermo. 6 – 26 Nov 2014.

Argentina and Chile by bus, train, and air, with stops in Buenos Aires, Salta, the Andes, Santiago, and Valpariso. 17 Feb – 11 Mar 2014.

Here are some photos organized by category: People, City, Events, Landscape, Art and museums, Transportation, Nature, Food, Structures, and finally a few Favorites.