It was time to pick the children up from their new school. I had spent the day cramped in our little bedroom above where the workers were banging away and turning our basement into someplace livable. Our clothes were hanging on a temporary rack in front of the chimney and we barely had enough room to walk in between our… Read More
I thought it was time to wrap up my Normandy posts after watching this video (link below). It doesn’t matter whether you speak French or English or neither – I think you’ll catch the drift. Têtes à Claques I’m sorry to be so incommodius as to make you click over, but I cannot share it without violating copyrights. (Plus I… Read More
Etretat is this really famous place that I had never heard of. It’s famous because of this and views like this (the cliff, not the bird) the crashing surf. Um, I don’t think the Normandy invasion could have taken place here with this hostile beach front. Sir thinks the invasion took place about an hour in the other direction from… Read More
I woke up early, around six, but the whole street was already astir. There were old women squatting down to peel bamboo or to wash clothes outside. Neighbors were already calling to each other from their doorstep. There was no privacy; one’s porch was adjacent to another and we lived on top of each other. I left the already packed… Read More
There are so many reasons to visit Deauville. For one, there is a train that comes straight from Paris in two hours. And you can get everywhere on foot from there. And then there is the American Film Festival held each September and you see the residue of celebrity here And here Here are some of the people who stayed… Read More
I didn’t clue in that Sir Renaissance hadn’t booked the Loire château vacation as planned until I realized that we had passed Versailles and were heading West. Will you think me very spoilt if I tell you that my eyes pricked with disappointment? It’s okay, I think I’m spoilt too. But he explained his reasoning. He thought the Loire Valley… Read More
