Author: Travels Through My Lens

Hello and welcome to my blog! I’m glad you stopped by and I hope you enjoy the posts and photos. I’m a native Pacific Northwesterner currently living the expat life in France. I love to travel, take photos, and discover new places, and to share my adventures with others. I hope you enjoy what you find here, if so, please feel free to reach out if you have comments or questions. I would love to have you follow along as I share my travels around France and Europe. Wishing you grand adventures! Tricia

Lisbon, Portugal

Portugal has been on our bucket list for many years. In fact, it was one of the first places we ever talked about visiting when we first got together over 35 years ago. So theTravelsketcher and I were very excited about finally getting to visit this beautiful country. It certainly took us a long time... Continue Reading →

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Another Trip to Paris

I have to admit, it feels quite surreal to live fairly close to Paris, and to visit whenever we want. So many people dream of visiting this iconic city, and get to experience it perhaps only once in their lifetime. We feel quite lucky and humbled to be able to visit pretty much whenever we... Continue Reading →

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Nature Quote

We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. Chief Si’ahl (Seattle) San Juan Island, WA State, USA

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Biscuits and More

To highlight the potential hazards of using English around the world, George Bernard Shaw said “England and America are two countries separated by a common language”. Our little expat community in France that we now call home, includes mostly residents from the UK. No problem for us we thought since theTravelsketcher made many business trips... Continue Reading →

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Adventures in 2022

Thanks to my retirement in early January, theTravelsketcher and I have enjoyed a year chockablock with travel! After 35 years working as a project manager in medical research, plus additional time prior to that working as a nutritional counselor, I was ready to retire. We achieved our retirement dream of moving to France to enjoy... Continue Reading →

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Adventures in 2022

Thanks to my retirement in early January, theTravelsketcher and I have enjoyed a year chockablock with travel! After 35 years working as a project manager in medical research, plus additional time prior to that working as a nutritional counselor, I was ready to retire. We achieved our retirement dream of moving to France to enjoy... Continue Reading →

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