A Beautiful Friday in Alsace
Bonjour, It’s a gorgeous day in Alsace enhanced by delicious food and a visit from more cousins, Marie-Josee and Jean-Paul who live in another small town near Alsace called Beaume-les-Dames. These two are in their mid 80’s, still going strong and still driving. We had a wonderful visit over exquisite cuisine prepared by Laurie and […]
A Visit with the Cousins in Alsace, France
Bonsoir from Alsace, It’s Thursday evening and we arrived yesterday for a few days with Bernie’s cousins, Pierre and Laurie Verdier. Their home and hospitality are always so warm and enjoyable. We took the TGV from Paris, toting our ham sandwiches for lunch. It was an interesting ride over. We had a chat (cat) next […]
A Difficult Paris Day That Ended Well
Bonjour, Yesterday (Monday) was very hot again in Paris. It was an out-of-sorts day with a beautiful ending. Here’s the story. I have a horrible blister on my left heel from so much walking in a pair of shoes I thought would be perfect. Au contraire! So yesterday, I had to wear an open-backed shoe […]
Celebrating a cooler Paris on Sunday
Bonsoir, We’ve had a much cooler Sunday with even a little bit of rain. The city came alive this afternoon and evening as everyone was out and about enjoying the cool breeze. It has been so dry for so long that the trees are beginning to lose their leaves, and it looks like autumn in […]
Happy Fourth of July from Le Weekend in Paris
Bonsoir mes amis, It’s Le Weekend in Paris and still unseasonably warm. However, at 3pm today (Saturday) it was only 91 compared to 97 yesterday. The skies are overcast which makes a huge positive difference in our apartment since we get the scorching, direct, Western sun. One of our friends down the street answered Bernie’s […]
Another Hot Day in Paris
Bonjour, Our time outside today in Paris was limited to just a couple of hours as the temperature is soaring to 97 degrees. The frustrating part is that for us there’s no place to hide… sweltering both inside and out with very high humidity. We strongly considered going to the meat/seafood market at the Monoprix […]
Weather Relief in Paris…Les temps est millieur
Dear Friends, It’s 3pm in Paris and 87 degrees! That’s 15 degrees cooler than yesterday. It’s a bit cloudy off and on with a nice breeze. What a difference 24 hours can make! Hopefully, today’s blog will make up for the sparseness of yesterday’s. I must start, however, with some photos which I took last […]
102 Degrees in Paris!
Bonjour from a very hot Paris! It is an act of courage just to walk around today in Paris so I’m afraid that today’s blog will not be one of our most interesting. We feel for those who work outside: the contruction workers right down the street who are taking down scaffolding; the taxi drivers […]