Time, health and our families and friends are our most precious commodities on this planet, and events like these hit home that we need to appreciate and value them for the indispensable resources that they are. Life is too short and precious to be filled with negative stuff.

My heart goes out to Judith in these difficult times, and I thank both of them once again for having shared their exciting stories with us. And to Dan: wherever you are, I hope you have a bit of Provence with you.........

About The Author

Susanne Pacher is the publisher of a website called Travel and Transitions (http://www.travelandtransitions.com). Travel and Transitions deals with unconventional travel and is chock full of advice, tips, real life travel experiences, interviews with travellers and travel experts, insights and reflections, cross-cultural issues, contests and many other features. You will also find stories about life and the transitions that we face as we go through our own personal life-long journeys.

Submit your own travel stories in our first travel story contest (http://www.travelandtransitions.com/contests.htm) and have a chance to win an amazing adventure cruise on the Amazon River.

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The story with photos is published at Travel and Transitions ? Insights and Reflections (http://www.travelandtransitions.com/insights/memoriam_dan.htm).