I am exhausted today. We have students staying with us for a few weeks from our church in Atlanta, and one of them is waiting for her lost luggage to be delivered to our house. Since I’m the French-speaking contact, I got a call last night around 9 PM saying that they would deliver the luggage between 10 and midnight. I kind of… Read More
A couple of years ago, my husband and I started doing forty-day fasts, and we’ve been doing them about twice a year ever since. It’s not that we don’t eat at all for forty days; but on any given fast, we’ve done a combination of the following: Two-to-three days per week of liquid only -or liquid plus smoothie / vegetable soup purée. Limit food… Read More
ARE YOU GETTING SICK OF THE CHÂTEAUX YET? I must admit that I feel weary. But I’m nothing if not stubborn, so there’s just Ussé and then Chambord and then maybe I’ll change things up and cook something. Ussé is pronounced ew-say, with an accent on the say, and what’s impressive about this château is that the Duc of Blacas… Read More
I thought I’d take a break from our tour of the châteaux just to tell you how things are going over here, and to include a few pictures for the grandparents. After our five days in the Loire, just the two of us, we had a weekend away as a family. This was needed as well. It’s hard to connect… Read More
Langeais is pronounced lawn-jay, but the J is soft, like when you say the French word for “I” — “Je.” It’s a fortress – a château-fort – located in the town of Langeais, and it was built rather quickly (it only took two years) in the XV century by a man named Bourré for King Louis XI. What’s truly remarkable… Read More
This week we are visiting six châteaux in the Loire Valley, of which – in total – there are dozens. I will be doing a series of posts in which I highlight each château that we visit, along with the surrounding town (if noteworthy). There are the châteaux that are situated on the Loire itself – Chambord and Langeais are… Read More
