A Weekend in Paris without Internet!
Dear Friends, If we seemed to have disappeared, it’s because we did! We have been without any internet or cable connection for almost two days due to a major outage in the general area. Wow, we’ve all been having withdrawal. It just came back up and I’ll try to whiz through the highlights of our […]
Summer temps in Fall Paris
Bonsoir, Today has been a summer day in Paris with temps in the 80’s. Mix this with a fall wardrobe and we were pretty uncomfortable. I started in one outfit, a light, cotton sweater and scarf, and ended the day much lighter. Poor Judy has fewer choices with her travel attire and has just had […]
Normandy: A Must-Do SideTrip from Paris
Bonsoir mes amis, Our side trip from Paris to Normandy with Charles and Judy was “fantastique.” Packed with history, emotion, patriotism, past sacrifice and a salty, blowing wind, our two days were almost perfect. This trip fulfilled Charles’ heart desire to someday visit Normandy, and despite our exhaustion, we will have memories to last […]
Montmartre: A Paris Gem
Bon soir, A beautiful day in Paris almost always beckons us up the mountain to Montmartre. It is a favorite of ours and evokes a wistful sense of all the great artists who painted from its lovely mountainsides such as Renoir, Picasso and Salvador Dali. It is what I fondly call “old Paris” and the […]
Paris Perfect Day
Bonsoir mes amis, Paris weather is absolutely beautiful, and according to the locals, making up for their August which was untypically cool and rainy! How lucky we are to benefit from this quirk of events. The leaves are starting to change, the days are shorter, and the chestnuts are EVERYWHERE, big lovely chestnuts. If you’re […]
Bienvenue our Paris Apartment and our Friends
Wow, what a long, crazy, but fun day. Most of you by now know that we have been in a 2-star hotel since getting to Paris on Thursday due to a miscommunication with our landlady. The start of our day’s journey would have made a great movie. Charles and Judy Gattis were due to arrive […]
A lazy day in Paris
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 […]
Paris in the Autumn Sunshine
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 […]