Bonjour, Mondays are slower days in Paris after busy weekends as many shops and restaurants are closed. There seems to be a bit of a lull in the city to me. Schools are still in session and will not close until the last week of June. Our morning was spent washing sheets in our apartment […]
Bon Weekend, Weather here in Paris continues to amaze us but it did get quite warm yesterday, signs of hotter days to come into the summer. Still no rain after three weeks so the city is dusty and dirty. Shop owners work so hard to keep things clean…washing windows, sweeping and hosing down entrances, etc. […]
Bonjour, Thanks to so many of you for the kind support in regard to this damnable case of vertigo I have managed to get. About ten years ago, I had this for one solid year and truly thought I was going to lose my mind. I tried every remedy I could find but nothing helped […]
Bonjour, It doesn’t seem possible that we’ve been here for 17 days already! And we’re still waiting on Spring, at least by our Alabama definition! It was a national holiday yesterday, Ascension Day, or as some referred to it, the bank holiday. The first part of our day was changing our bed, washing and then […]
Bonjour mes amis, One of our favorite activities to do in Paris has always been a picnic on the river. Yesterday was the perfect day: the wind was down, the temp in the mid-80’s and no clouds in the sky. It is the Paris Plages right now or Paris Beach. The beach chairs go out […]
Bonjour mes amis, Writers write during good times and bad times, sharing stories of the heart to help themselves and to bring joy, solace, and hope to others. I have decided to spend a few minutes each day to share fond memories of Paris, pulling photos from our voluminous archive. Unfortunately, unless a world miracle […]
Bonjour mes amis, Round two of Huntsville company began yesterday very early in the day. Paula and Tim landed at CDG at 6:08am, and we were there at 6:35 to greet them. Of course, they were excited but also pretty exhausted and in that arrival-zone hinterland after a flip-flop to their body clocks. But that […]
Salut! Some days in Paris are like days at home, rather mundane and ordinary, especially when temps begin to soar as they did yesterday. Looks like the heat will be with us today with 93 the predicted high. Maybe that doesn’t sound so bad, but consider no air-conditioning; and the heat takes on an entirely […]
Bonsoir, This blog post is a day late arriving because we have been without any internet for almost 24 hours. So read this as though it was yesterday! Our weather has been glorious today, all day long. No clouds, no gray cast, no rain…just blue skies and warm temps. Since it was so nice, we […]
Bonjour mes amis, I love to start with good news. The River Seine is almost back to normal, and I think within a day or two, sans any significant rain, we will see the cruise boats back out on the river in force. The water needs to drop another couple of feet in our estimation. The […]
Bonjour, I understand it’s very, very hot in Huntsville, close to 100 degrees. So sorry! Yesterday in Paris was our best weather day since we arrived on May 16…77 degrees with some sun in the afternoon and early evening. The waters along the Seine have begun to recede slowly but the lingering effects remain. Consider […]