FRANCE | Tuesday, 12 Jul 2011 | Views [806]
Tuesday dawned sunny and cool. Weather was supposed to be sunny and warm. We made it through early rush hour on the metro and RER with our bags and dignity intact. Not a small feat. I did notice a significant improvement in our ability to navigate ... Read more >
FRANCE | Tuesday, 12 Jul 2011 | Views [398]
We made it to "Shakespeare & Co". Somehow I expected to be there with silence and the ghosts of the lost generation. What was I thinking? It was jam packed with visitors and monitored by two very annoyed Americans working the cash registers.... Read more >
FRANCE | Tuesday, 12 Jul 2011 | Views [362]
It's early evening on a beautiful summer's day in Paris. We head home tomorrow and connectivity is quite difficult the last couple of days. Perhaps I'll write what has been happening while on the plane and add later. Suffice to say, we are on the way ... Read more >
FRANCE | Monday, 11 Jul 2011 | Views [386]
Last day in Paris - what to do??? Not enough time for Versailles
(this goes on the list for next time) and we can't really manage the
Louvre again (or more specifically the people in the Louvre). La
voila! Notre Dame and Cemetiere du Pere ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sunday, 10 Jul 2011 | Views [503]
We must finally be in vacation mode. It's Sunday morning, we've had a delightful petit dejeuner (which is breakfast that is anything but petit). I can bearly stay awake I am so filled with goodness from the cows and chickens of France. This morning ... Read more >
FRANCE | Saturday, 9 Jul 2011 | Views [425]
We were chasing around looking for a different hotel for our last two nights -- frankly a stay in the area of Gare du Nord was not in the cards. I suspected as much when I made the original reservation, but now that we've been at the area of Opera ... Read more >
FRANCE | Friday, 8 Jul 2011 | Views [355]
Friday we traveled back to Paris by bus. The countryside between Normandy and Paris is beautiful and devoted to growing grain. The major crops include flax which was formerly used in France but is now shipped to China for making linen. Flax is now ... Read more >
FRANCE | Thursday, 7 Jul 2011 | Views [524]
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Today was quite extraordinary. First of all there was rain and at times a
lot of rain. This was spectacular and
although the region looks pretty green to us, everyone is excited that their
drought appears to ... Read more >
FRANCE | Tuesday, 5 Jul 2011 | Views [431]
July 5
Yesterday we visited the Bayeux Tapestry. The word tapestry confused me as I expected a
large wall hanging contained in one room.
Instead, this is a long (about 68 meters) piece of light colored linen that
is wrapped around ... Read more >
FRANCE | Monday, 4 Jul 2011 | Views [538] | Comments [1]
Apparently churches are so amazing here because they were part of the town selling themselves as a place to develop commerce. They wanted the spires to be as high as possible, the buildings to reflect latest technologies and set new architectural ... Read more >
FRANCE | Monday, 4 Jul 2011 | Views [338]
I expected good food, but this is really ridiculous. Everything is so good here. I have decided that I am on the fish and
dairy and fresh vegetable tour. At every
turn we have great food. Here is today’s
menu:
Breakfast consisted ... Read more >
FRANCE | Monday, 4 Jul 2011 | Views [371]
You don’t always get what you want…
So, we are wandering around the town of Honfleurs, a
beautiful and intact (it was not bombed in WWII) town on the Normandy
coast. I look up at a city building in
the port area and notice that this is ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sunday, 3 Jul 2011 | Views [306]
Friday
This Metro thing is very cool, to get to CdeG airport to meet our MIT group we merely had to take the #4 Metro SB to Denfort-Rocherau, climb 56 stairs to the RER B and jump on board. Took us three tries to get a train that was not jammed.... Read more >
FRANCE | Sunday, 3 Jul 2011 | Views [451]
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FRANCE | Sunday, 3 Jul 2011 | Views [361]
We used the Metro exclusively while in Paris. Mostly it was a great experience and it was
fun figuring out how to get from point A to point B. But, then there was Friday afternoon during
rush hour. So, on Friday, exiting the
Louvre ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sunday, 3 Jul 2011 | Views [358]
On Wed, June 29 we set off for the Catacombs, which is in the
Montparnasse arondissement. Then we saw
the long line waiting to get in so we decided to each lunch instead. It was another fabulous meal at the corner of
a small ... Read more >
FRANCE | Saturday, 2 Jul 2011 | Views [458]
We were walking toward the Seine, having exited at the Bir
Hakeim Metro station, and came across a small triangle of grass with an
historic sign. The words Vel d’Hivre
caught my eye. It turned out that this
was the site of the ... Read more >
FRANCE | Friday, 1 Jul 2011 | Views [487]
Day Two:
Our room is what you might call a garret. It’s probably the original attic but the
benefit is that we see the rooftops of the surrounding neighborhood. It’s almost identical to a stay we had in the
Netherlands – I am beginning ... Read more >
FRANCE | Friday, 1 Jul 2011 | Views [652]
Day one…The trip started on a very auspicious note. We were upgraded to first class for the
flight to Dallas. It was a ride to savor
because there was no way that this would happen on the flight from Dallas to
Paris. Sure enough, we were in ... Read more >
Tags: on the road
FRANCE | Sunday, 26 Jun 2011 | Views [477]
When did I begin to need 10 tubes of stuff for my skin? What about the plan for the house? Fortunately we have the best house sitter on the planet. Kudos and thanks to Steve, he makes it easier for us to leave. He cuts a burly figure and is like ... Read more >
Tags: simplicity
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