A Day of Waiting and Welcome!
Bonjour, Yesterday was all about waiting for the arrival of my daughter and her family. It’s the first time my son-in-law, Steve, and youngest grandson, James, have been to visit! And you already know that they miraculously ended up in our building, one floor and elevator ride away. They came in from London on the […]
Enjoying Our Parisian Friends
Bonjour, Our late wake-up yesterday was not disastrous, and we met our friend Hannah right on time at a restaurant in the sky, Le Ciel de Paris, which is on top of Tour Montparnasse. They provide “le petit dejeuner”or breakfast Monday to Friday. We were on the Metro at rush hour which is a bit […]
The Time for Cherries in Paris
Bonjour mes amis, Life is always so funny, mais oui? We had to leave the apartment by 8:45 this morning to meet our friend Hannah for a special brunch. (More on that tomorrow) Instead of waking up at 4 or even 5am, I slept until 7:10! Bernie and I were in fast gear trying to […]
Hitting Our Stride on Second Day in Paris
Bonjour, It isn’t easy to incorporate the body clock switch when traveling abroad with new food, new water, new bed, etc. and it’s especially difficult the older we get. Our message: don’t delay. Travel when your days are younger. We do “okay” but it’s getting more and more difficult. Slowly we are making progress. I […]
Bienvenue à Paris!
Bonjour mes amis, It’s almost summertime and for us that means Paris! This is our twenty-second year, and we hope to share the next two months with you. Our travel day on Friday was less than the best with a 3-hour delay out of Huntsville because of a mechanical problem. Ugh! The rest of the […]
Saying Au Revoir
Bonjour mes amis, This trip has been different from our many others over these 20 years. It has been shorter, colder, grayer and fraught with health challenges, heavy coats, gloves that went missing and scarves that were never quite warm enough. BUT any time in Paris is good, and we are deeply grateful to have […]
A Surprising Sunday
Bonjour mes amis, Well, we’re down to only two days and enjoying them with friends. Our Saturday dinner with our former neighbor, Chantal, was delightful as always. She had just returned from two weeks in Germany for Christmas. She left a plumbing problem in her apartment and returned to the same issue with a cancelled […]
Waiting for a Sunny Day!
Bonjour, You can bet that when I don’t post it’s directly related to the weather. After a couple of really lousy days-cold, gray and rainy, we finally had some decent weather with sunshine. So here are some catch-up photos to start your weekend. It is our last one as we will depart on the 8th. […]