Category: France & Belgium

A Visit with Sinier de Ridder

Jun 14, 2013

I left Philippe in Amboise shortly after 3 in the afternoon of a spectacular day. I was headed to...

Jun 12, 2013

At the end of the harp guitar festival (the first and hopefully not last in France!), most of the...

Jun 10, 2013

Besides the two public harp guitar concerts, the festival featured a small Luthier exhibit,...

Jun 8, 2013

After the Festival’s day of prep, it was time for… The Concerts: I’ll lump them both...

Jun 6, 2013

It was about a year ago that I heard from my French friend Philippe Fouquet about a local...

Jun 3, 2013

We now return to our regularly scheduled blog series… For those just joining me, I am now halfway...

May 29, 2013

After last evening’s inspiring tour, I had just 1 day in Paris left. I was now finally ready to...

May 27, 2013

Having grabbed a quick bite in the rain near Notre Dame, I next raced to find the disembarkation...

May 25, 2013

After a beautiful morning at Montmartre, I took the Metro down to the museum district to do some...

May 23, 2013

Wednesday morning, and I still had visions of the museum’s instruments dancing in my head. How...