Last Day with Cousins
Bonjour mes amis, Twenty-two years ago, I was retired and struggling with loneliness, wondering where my life was headed. I was 56 years old. The golf course was my respite along with some of you who are close friends. Then a lady named Jan Smith introduced me to Bernie (his former boss) and a whole […]
A Very Hot But Enjoyable Day with Cousins
Bonjour, Our day began early with an outing to a lesser known museum in Paris, the Guimet. We have been here before, but today was a special exhibit on bronze statutes from Cambodia. Bernie served in that area years ago and this was especially of interest to him. Though he never saw Angkor Watt because […]
Bienvenue à Paris
Bonjour, We welcomed Bernie’s cousins yesterday, Pierre & Laurie, who arrived by train at Gare de Lyon. What began as a nice cool day ended up very hot in the upper 80’s. I had a great shot of them coming down the voie or track. A man jumped right in front of my camera at […]
Closing the Window and Turning Off the Fan!
Bonjour, Let’s all laugh together, shall we? It was 60 degrees this morning when we walked into the kitchen. Bernie immediately closed the big window to our courtyard and switched off the oscillating fan! What a wonderful, cool, breezy day we had yesterday. So pleasant to be out walking around. We even went for a […]
A Cooler Day in Paris
Bonjour, Yesterday was a great reset! Overall, it was about ten degrees cooler with a high of 85 which was still hot but nothing like the day before. The city was recuperating after a wild and crazy night with the Fete. The streets were still a bit littered but the heaps of garbage had been […]
La Fete de la Musique, the Hottest and Longest Day in Paris
Bon Weekend, I think the thermometer hit 97 yesterday so we did not venture out until about 4:30 and even then only in the shade. The sun was absolutely brutal. It was La Fete de la Musique in Paris, always on June 21 or the summer solstice. Couple that with the fact that it was […]
Too Hot to Do Much of Anything
Bonjour mes amis, The highlight of our day yesterday was a manicure and pedicure for me which is always interesting. Two hours and 99 euros for both which is about what I would pay in the States. The gals did a good job but none spoke much English and all were from Viet Nam. The […]
20,000 Steps and 87 Degrees
Bonjour, Well, shall we say we’re either brave or crazy for doing what we did yesterday! The Huntsville/Madison County delegation was here for the Paris Air Show and we arranged to play tour guide for Pat Sims who is on the Chamber Board. Pat is the President of Drake State Technical College and is absolutely […]