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
I was so enchanted when I first saw our town, never imagining that there could be such charming provincial streets or such a beautifully kept Mairie (town hall) or such cute little nooks and crannies or such pleasant residential streets, the french version of Wysteria Lane or such narrow steps leading down to the willow tree-lined river Seine or such… Read More
We’re back from Bretagne! I’m so filled with news and pictures, that I fear this post will be somewhat Dickensian. By the way, did you know that “Bretagne” is French for “Brittany?” Because I didn’t know that they were one and the same for the longest time. The Family: My french in-laws were as lovely as always (even while looking… Read More
A farm in Corbreuse See the stairs there at the end? Upon arriving, that’s where the children went off to play, climbing the steps up to the wall of the hamlet and shouting obscenities at pedestrians on the street. Yup. Guess which angel was leading the way on that charge? (hint: she’s six and rarely docile). Sir Renaissance ran off… Read More
This is Alsace, the home of colored houses. Do you know anything about it? No, neither did I. Pretty, isn’t it? I asked Sir Renaissance if we could paint our house this color, but he said no. I had to do a little google research post-trip to make better sense of the place we visited. We were in a tiny… Read More
