When we drove to Provence last week, we took the road sandwiched between the Alps on one side and the Massif Central on the other (the volcano region where we went last year in Auvergne). You’ll wonder why I’m doing a post on Grenoble when we were just in Provence, but the truth is we couldn’t get so close to… Read More
So we returned from glorious colorful Provence and found a smelly house full of mouse droppings. That deflated my mood considerably. Today we’re trying to clean and scrub and erase any vestige of rodent (and not snap at our kids because our vacation is over). I know – I have it so tough, right? But I have picked the winner… Read More
I’m being tongue in cheek, of course. I always feel guilty that we don’t spend enough quality time with our kids and here we managed to do it two days in a row!! We should get an award. We went to a farm in the inner city ran into some friends there petted the goats cautiously observed the kid cautiously… Read More
I am honored to be writing for World Moms Blog and my introductory interview is here. I’ll be posting there about once a month. Sir and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary with an intimate lunch in one of the poshest restaurants in Paris. Or at least that’s the way it should go, but we took the kids to the… Read More
I got you all with that title, didn’t I? It’s a mouthful, and I know you’re all wondering what the heck it means. Well, it’s the zoological gardens located in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a posh « suburb » between the Arc de Triomphe and La Defense. So why would you care? Well, if you happen to be traveling to Paris with kids, this is… Read More
In Normandy there is a place called Mont St Michel – the mountain of Saint Michael. In the vast plains around it, lambs eat the salty grass that grows from the sea water and people eat their salty meat. Mont St Michel is an island, except for the road that was built to access it. Sometimes the tide comes in… Read More
