Finding our Paris Rhythm
Bonsoir, It’s Sunday in Paris and hot as can be under brilliant blue skies. The weather forecast for next week is trecherous with a prediction of 100 degrees on Tuesday. Yikes! We are shocked at this in June, usually an August problem. Our new apartment has plenty of windows but no set of fans to […]
Both Old and New in Paris
Dear Friends, Nous arrivons…we have arrived on a picture perfect day in Paris. The local temp is in the low 80’s with that sharp, sunny blue sky that cuts across the landscape with a fierce crispness. It creates the penetrating light that Paris is so known for. There’s a parade blaring around La Place de […]
Paris awaits
3-2-1…Blast off! Here we go on our eleventh adventure. And what a start. At this point we have no idea if we will be able to get a taxi from Charles de Gaulle airport or not, given the recent controversy with Uber in France. Some have asked if we can take the metro and the […]
Packing for Paris
Eleven years is a LONG time to reap the joys of Paris. Three days and a wake-up are all that stand between Bernie and me and our eleventh trip. It seems like a fairy tale sometimes but oh so real. How blessed we are! Now comes the challenge of packing for Paris for almost seven […]
How to Survive Jet Lag to Europe
It’s glorious summertime and that means travel for many of us. Traveling to Europe with a major time zone difference can be more than a little challenging. It can even give rise to an unenjoyable experience if your visit is a week or less. Here are Linda and Bernie’s tips for how to beat the […]
Cousins
For the past eight days, we have enjoyed a visit from Bernie’s French cousins. To have them here in America has been fantastic. Most of our time together has been in France, in and around Alsace where they live near the German border. Or in Paris. If you are a regular reader of my blogs […]
Bernie and Me-A Paris Love Story
“It’s almost ready!” “What’s almost ready?” “Why, the book, of course!” “What book?” “Bernie and Me-A Paris Love Story!” After ten years of traveling to Paris and one LONG year of writing, editing, fretting, struggling in a steel brace for ten weeks with a broken patella, and getting my life back, our book is almost […]
The Power of the Patella
Dear Friends, It’s time for an update and some useful information. The update is that I am moving right along, doing great, working hard in rehab and now able to flex my knee 90 degrees! I have a significant portion of my life back but alas still cannot drive or make my 2 -mile daily […]