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New House 30 Dec 2012 | 12:42 pm
IN MANY WAYS, this year has not seemed much different than the previous few years. Perhaps this explains the lack of entries to a certain extent. Work is still work. School is still school. France...
Yeah, uh... 30 Dec 2012 | 02:29 am
OK, so quite a while between posts. Quick photo from this afternoon at the Gorges du Verdun. Gorges du Verdun, December 2012
Still Going 22 Jun 2012 | 06:48 pm
1991 VW GOLF GTI -- bought it for a couple thousand Euros a few months after we arrived in France. Still going...
Dinner for 25 -- in Paris 15 Jun 2012 | 12:00 am
IT'S BAC GRADING and examination season and that means 6-7 days in Paris (not a terrible thing, for sure). Each year the coordinating school takes the whole lot of us out to dinner -- usually at very...
We're Moving 12 Jun 2012 | 03:58 pm
WE CANNOT DESCRIBE how lucky we have been to live in this house for the past few years. We found it on a summer-rental web site and I remember writing to the owner on a whim and asking if he would be...
Another Summer Pack-Up 4 Jun 2012 | 03:57 pm
AS WE GET ready for what is now a routine -- getting ready to get our of our house for the summer -- I decided to upload some photos from previous summer adventures. It's been a while since I looked ...
You Know What's Fun...Family Visits 2 Jun 2012 | 03:07 pm
ONE OF THE highlights of our little French Adventure is the many visits we have had from friends and family. Just last month our house was full of friends and family from the States. We never get ti...
One More Photo 1 May 2012 | 12:08 am
ONE OF THE other parents forwarded this photo which shows both Nice hockey teams playing -- the Under 10 team on the left and Under 8 team on the right. Beautiful setting. Beautiful Day. Beautiful Pho...
Under-8 Outdoor International Ice Hockey Tournament at 6000 Feet 30 Apr 2012 | 08:44 am
IT'S PRETTY COOL. This weekend Henry's hockey team participated in the 6th Annual (yes, they've had that many) 10-and-Under hockey tournament that is held every spring in the French ski resort of Alp...
What Brightens Your Day? 10 Apr 2012 | 08:18 am
DURING OUR LITTLE Cup of Coffee Road Trip last Christmas break we started talking about the kinds of things that happen during the course of a normal day that make us feel good. I'm not sure who said...
