And we’re off . . . Inbound to Toulon

A rather nice launch to this trip. Flights on time, a spectacular night transit over a late summer Arctic sky with a blood red horizon line resulting with us and our bags arriving into Barcelona at 33C.

The Jet Lag is as expected and after a nice afternoon and decent sleep, we are approaching Toulon, France. As is my habit as an early morning person, a visit to my favorite “10 Forward” Lounge and the first attempt at resisting the daily delivery of still warm, freshly baked croissants.

Ya, we all know how that is going to play out👍👍

I have named the magic Cappuccino coffee maker “Mon ami”

As a history guy, these trips are an opportunity to step back in time and visit places where pivot points and significant events occurred that altered the way our modern world came to be.

In 1793, Toulon and the life of a young, until then unknown, French officer named Napoleon Bonaparte intersected and the rest, as the say, is history.

Time to go wake up Nancy . . . Wish me luck😂😂Read more