In the Fox's Footsteps

There is something about travelling that not only broadens the mind, but it feeds it also.  Memories give hours of happiness, contemplation and pleasure.  Photos tell stories when the memory might fail and flicking through an album brings further reminders of yet more stories.

This blog started when I was talking to friends who have travelled through many continents, countries; visited hundreds of cities and walked many miles across beautiful countryside.  We have had lots of long chats about places visited, bucket lists and wish lists and, quite often, we've found our paths have either crossed, or that we have been following in their footsteps.  During our last discussion we discovered that the upcoming canal boat trip we are about to do down the river Yonne, in Burgundy, France, was exactly the river that our friends had also been on, so out came the photo albums, maps, and even a rather dog-eared business card of a restaurant, La Salamandre, in Auxerre  .http://www.lasalamandre-auxerre.fr/

Our trip begins in a couple of weeks' time when we join John and Jenny in south Germany and drive together to Vermenton where we find the barge waiting for us.  Hopefully.

Before we do, though, we have an overnight stay in Dubai.  It's a city I really enjoy visiting simply because it's man-made, extreme, seems to have unlimited money, yet the dichotomy of life under the burqa remains a mystery.