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European
scenes
I
have begun to travel and paint more in the last few years.
In 1993,
I was in Italy on a solo painting tour for 10 weeks. I had
never been
to Italy before so I traveled to many regions to experience
it all. It was
during a particular rainy fall and there was massive flooding
in many
regions. The Cinque Terre, a region I wanted to visit, was
inacces-
sible because many of the roads were washed out. It was
a glorious
trip anyway with all the marvelous food and wine. I will
be
returning again in 2003.
In 1999
I returned to Europe, and visited Ireland and France for
the
first time. I spent a month in each country. I had a painting
in a show
in Ireland and taught in conjunction with that. I toured
around the
whole island, mainly staying close to the coast. The people
were
wonderful and warm, and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed
the food, as I had not associated Ireland with great food.
It was also
a nice surprise to see a lot of good art in even the smallest
of towns.
In
France I made a circuit of many regions,and as I really
enjoy food,
I tasted all the food from the different regions with great
pleasure,
finding delicious food in every town. I found the French
very polite,
even though my french was not as fluent as it could have
been. I
will be exploring France again
in 2003.
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