Bonjour mes amis, How lucky can we be to get this fabulous weather in Paris! There is not a cloud in the sky and the temps are perfect. There are fewer people here but not as few as I had thought and hoped. Last evening after I had already sent out my blog post, we […]
Bonjour! Today is gorgeous with sunshine so bright that picture-taking was challenging. What a lovely problem to have, mais oui? We are surviving in our little hotel as best we can though really looking forward to moving into our usual apartment on Sunday morning! In case you are just reading your first blog post, there […]
Dear Friends, FINALLY, today is our departure day, and I’m overwhelmed with so many feelings. I miss my friend Sharon Tyson who has for so many years taken us to the airport. It was part of our tradition, but she is now in Tucson. BUT my wonderful friend and golfing buddy Barbara Buice has stepped […]
This morning I feel a little like I’ve been put through a meat grinder. To bed at 8:30pm and awake at 1:30…ugh! Definitely, my body clock is out of sync but I will persist. On my walk this morning, I was reflecting on how very lucky I am at this stage of life (OLD) to […]
Our preparations for Paris continue! What might you ask does this entail? stopping the newspaper dealing with mail delivery finding someone to take care of house plants getting an updated car tag securing symphony tickets so others can use them. calling all credit card companies with travel dates so that our cards will not be […]
Today is the official start of our trip to Paris for 2014. It is the first day of acclimating our body clocks on Paris time which is seven hours ahead of us here in Alabama. Tonight and every night before leaving, we will go to bed an hour earlier than the previous night and get […]
As our journey to Paris gets closer and closer, we are excited about one thing in particular, the wine festival at Montmartre on the first weekend in October. In case you don’t know, there are lovely grape vineyards on the back side of the mountain and years ago, this was a fruitful harvest. Now it […]